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ITEM #5 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF June 21, 2005 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: AMER JAKHER, P.E., CITY ENGINEER SUBJECT: APPROVE AND ADOPT ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6.18 OF THE COLTON MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE REGULATION OF SHOPPING CARTS AND LAUNDRY CARTS DATE: June 14, 2005 BACKGROUND: In 1999, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 0-06-99 (codified as Chapter 6.18 in the Colton Municipal Code), which regulates abandoned shopping carts and laundry carts. The ordinance defines abandoned shopping carts and laundry carts as public nuisances because they degrade the appearance of the community and obstruct free access to public and private sidewalks, streets and parking lots. The ordinance prevents the unauthorized removal of carts from parking facilities, requires carts to have identification signs showing the owner's business information and establishes a procedure for the City to abate abandoned carts. The City's existing ordinance is based on authority provided in the California Business and Professions Code section 22435 et seq. 1I61d1R1*-i W N 711Ik ��3 City staff has prepared an amendment to the existing ordinance which will accomplish the following goals: (1) Clarify existing language in the ordinance regarding the provision which allows the City to impound abandoned carts without providing a three-day advance notice to the cart owners. The existing ordinance provides two methods of abatement of abandoned carts. The first method involves locating abandoned carts and then giving the owners three days advance notice before City staff may go back to pick up the carts. The second method of abatement in the ordinance allows City staff to impound abandoned carts immediately and provide the cart owners with actual notice of the abatement within 24 hours. This second method is preferred by City staff since it makes better use of staff time by requiring only one trip to both locate and pick up abandoned carts. City staff felt that a minor clarification to the language in the ordinance regarding this provision would be helpful. The clarifying language follows the provisions in the Business and Professions Code.