Findings and purpose.
Riverside Municipal Code § 9.58.010
in effect9.58.010 - Findings and purpose.
Abandoned shopping carts constitute a nuisance, create potential hazards to the health and safety of the public, and interfere with pedestrian and vehicular traffic within the City of Riverside. The accumulation of wrecked, dismantled and abandoned shopping carts on public or private property also tends to create conditions that reduce property values, promoting blight and deterioration in the City. The intent of this chapter is to insure that measures are taken by store owners to prevent the removal of shopping carts from store premises and parking lots, to make the removal of shopping carts a violation of this Code, and to facilitate the retrieval of abandoned carts as permitted by State law. Further, this chapter is intended to supplement existing State law regarding shopping carts as set forth in California Business and Professions Code, Section 22435, et seq.
(Ord. 6820 § 1, 2005; Ord. 6502 § 1, 1999)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT9PESAMO_CH9.58LOSTABSHCA_9.58.010FIPUFetched: 11/1/2026
