§ 9.38.110 — Fee for removal

9.38.110 - Fee for removal.

(A) The City is authorized to charge a fee for the removal and storage of shopping carts, based upon the actual cost thereof, plus a fifteen percent administrative fee to cover administrative costs. The fee for the removal and storage of shopping carts shall be established, and may be amended from time to time, by resolution of the City Council. (B) In addition to any other fee which the City may charge pursuant to this Section, the City Council may assess a civil penalty in accordance with this Subsection (B). Any owner of shopping carts whose carts have been the subject of more than three occurrences within any six month period shall be subject to a civil penalty of fifty dollars per shopping cart for each occurrence in excess of three during that six month period. For purposes of this Subsection, an "occurrence" with regard to a shopping cart owner consists of any notice to remove sent by the City to that owner, or the removal by or at the instance of the City of any abandoned shopping cart belonging to that owner. (C) If an owner of shopping carts has not paid all fees and penalties imposed on the owner pursuant to this Section prior to the payment of the owner's semi-annual business license fee, the City may decline to renew, or may suspend, the business license until all fees and penalties have been paid.

(Ord. 5422 § 12, 2002)