§ 8.54.010. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:

A. "Abandoned shopping cart" means any unattended shopping cart left on any public or private property outside the premises or parking area of the retail establishment owning the shopping cart. Any such shopping cart shall be deemed to be abandoned and, therefore, a public nuisance, pursuant to this chapter. For the purposes of this chapter, the parking area of a retail establishment located in a multistore complex, or shopping center, shall include the entire parking area used by the complex or center.

B. "Abatement of a shopping cart" means the removal by the city or its appointed contractor of an abandoned shopping cart.

C. "City manager" means the city's city manager, city manager's designee, and/or authorized representatives of the city manager.

D. "Director" means the city's director of community development, director's designee, and/or authorized representatives of the director.

E. "Immediate safety hazard" means and includes, but is not limited to, the presence of a shopping cart in a location where it will impede emergency services or impose a hazard to vehicle traffic or pedestrians.

F. "Owner" means the owner or retail establishment whose name is required to appear on the shopping cart identification sign, as provided in Section 8.54.030.

G. "Parkway" means that area between the edge of the roadway and the property line adjacent thereto. "Parkway" shall also include any area within a roadway, which is not open to vehicular travel.

H. "Public property" means, and includes, but is not limited to, all areas dedicated to the public use for public street purposes, roadways, parkways, alleys, lanes, parks, sidewalks, flood control channels, and any public right-of-way.

I. "Shopping cart" means a nonmotorized basket which is mounted on wheels, or a similar device, generally used in retail establishments by a customer for the purpose of transporting goods of any kind.

(Ord. 2001-06-1286 § 1 (part))