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ORDINANCE NO. 5927
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTION
6-27-5 OF THE RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, BY INCREASING DEFERRALS OF FINES
FOR IMPOUNDED SHOPPING CARTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. All portions of the Renton Municipal Code in this ordinance not shown in
strikethrough and underline edits remain in effect and unchanged.
SECTION II. Subsection 6-27-5.E of the Renton Municipal Code, is amended as shown
below. All other provisions in 6-27-5 remain in effect and unchanged.
6-27-5 IMPOUNDMENT AND FINES:
A. Impoundment of Shopping Carts:The City may immediately impound any
lost, stolen or abandoned shopping cart within the City, or any cart within the City
to which the required Identification Sign is not affixed.
B. Impounded Carts: Owners identified on Cart Signs will be informed that
they have fourteen (14) days in which to retrieve the cart(s) from the City.
C. Notification of Impounded Cart:The City shall utilize the required Cart Sign
to notify the owner of each impounded cart; absence of the required Cart Sign
shall relieve the City from this responsibility.
D. Fines: The City shall issue a one hundred dollar ($100) fine to the owner
of each lost, stolen, or abandoned cart impounded by the City, unless the fine is
eligible for deferral; however,the City shall issue a two hundred dollar ($200) fine
to any owner who has twelve (12) or more lost, stolen, or abandoned carts
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impounded by the City within a calendar month. Each cart impounded by the City
shall constitute a separate violation.
E. Fine Deferrals: Within any calendar month the Administrator shall defer
fines for the first three eight (38) impounded carts owned by any business that,
prior to the impoundment, has implemented the following criteria. If four nine
(49) or more shopping carts under common ownership are impounded within a
calendar month no fines shall be deferred by the Administrator.
1. Affixed the required identification sign to each impounded cart; and
2. Implemented security measures, as defined in this Chapter,to prevent
removal of shopping carts from the business' property.
SECTION III. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court or competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the constitutionality of any other
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance.
SECTION IV. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after
publication of a summary of this ordinance in the City's official newspaper. The summary shall
consist of this ordinance's title.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 6th day of May, 2019.
Jason . Set , i Clerk
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APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 6th day of May, 2019.
Denis Law, Mayor
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Date of Publication: 5/10/2019 (Summary)
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