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<br />3G-L <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE REPEALING ARTICLE VI OF, AND ADDING <br />ARTICLE VIII TO, CHAPTER 14 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF <br />REDWOOD CITY RELATING TO ABATEMENT OF ABANDONED <br />SHOPPING CARTS <br /> <br />THE COUNCIL OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. Article VI (commencing with §14.90) of Chapter 14 of the <br />Code of the City of Redwood City entitled, "Article VI Abatement of Abandoned <br />Shopping Carts," is hereby repealed. <br /> <br />Section 2. Article VIII (commencing with § 14.115) is hereby added to <br />the Code of the City of Redwood City to read as follows: <br /> <br />"Article VIII. Abatement of Abandoned Shopping Carts. <br /> <br />Section 14.115. Findings and Purpose. The Council of Redwood City <br />hereby finds that abandoned Shopping Carts are unsightly, interfere with <br />pedestrian and vehicular traffic, accumulate over time on public and <br />private property causing blight and similar conditions resulting in reduction <br />of property values, constitute a public nuisance, and are detrimental to the <br />public health, safety and welfare. The purpose of this Article is to promote <br />the public health, safety, and welfare by facilitating the removal of <br />wrecked, dismantled, and abandoned Shopping Carts and parts thereof <br />from public and private property, thereby alleviating the safety hazards, <br />unsafe conditions, and the impairment of property values resulting from <br />the abandonment of such Carts. This Article implements the provisions of <br />Chapter 19 (Shopping and Laundry Carts; commencing with Section <br />22435) of Division 8 of the California Business and Professions Code. <br /> <br />Section 14.116. Definitions. <br /> <br />For purposes of this Article, the following words and terms shall have the <br />meanings respectively ascribed thereto: <br /> <br />'Abandoned Shopping Cart': Any Shopping Cart which has been removed <br />from the Premises of the Owner of the Shopping Cart without the Owner's <br />written consent, irrespective of whether the Shopping Cart is located on <br />private or public property; provided, that Shopping Carts which are <br />removed from such Premises for purposes of repair or maintenance and <br />which are in the possession or custody of the party to whom they have <br />been released, shall not be deemed abandoned; provided, further, that a <br /> <br />Ord-O98 <br />F: S h ared/Redwood/Cou ncil <br />DES:rg <br />07/26/99R; 11/22/99R, 02l01/00R <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />'~-'--'-'T <br />