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AGENDA
Committee of the Whole Meeting
5:30 PM - Monday, February 8, 2016
TBD - PLEASE EDIT ACCORDINGLY, 7th Floor, City Hall – 1055 S. Grady Way
1. ABANDONED SHOPPING CART ENFORCEMENT
a) Agenda Bill
b) Presentation
2. SOLID WASTE RESPONSES TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
a) PowerPoint Presentation
City Council Regular Meeting - 25 Jan 2016
SUBJECT/TITLE: Shopping Carts Regulations
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to Committee of the Whole
DEPARTMENT: Community & Economic Development
STAFF CONTACT: Paul Hintz, Associate Planner
EXT.: 7436
FISCAL IMPACT:
Expenditure Required: $ N/A Transfer Amendment: $ N/A
Amount Budgeted: $ N/A Revenue Generated: $ N/A
Total Project Budget: $ N/A City Share Total Project: $ N/A
SUMMARY OF ACTION:
Abandoned shopping carts create visual blight, and are a potential hazard to pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists.
Ordinance 5145 decreed abandoned shopping carts to be a nuisance, required carts to display ownership information,
empowered the City to retrieve and impound carts after providing 24 hours’ notice to the cart’s owner, established a fee of
$50 to claim an impounded cart, and a time limit of 30 days before the City may sell or dispose the impounded carts.
Existing shopping cart regulations are evidently ineffective, as demonstrated by the numerous carts commonly found in
prohibited locations (e.g., public right-of-ways). The prevalence of this public nuisance has prompted revisions to existing
code in an effort to make the consequences stringent enough to spur cart owners to be more proactive in their efforts to
retain carts on their respective premises.
The proposed revisions to Chapter 6-27 RMC would enable staff to immediately collect lost, stolen, or abandoned
shopping carts, issue a $100 fine to the identified owner, and impound the cart for 14 days before selling or disposing the
cart. Cart owners will be apprised of their opportunity to retrieve the cart from impoundment within 14 days of the fine.
Carts that lack ownership information or those impounded in excess of 14 days may be sold by the City. Owners of non -
signed carts will not receive the impoundment fine because staff cannot conclusively identify the owner, therefore these
carts will be immediately eligible for sale.
The Administration will provide information and public outreach to the business community and the general public prior to
enforcing this ordinance, so shopping cart owners are aware of their responsibilities.
EXHIBITS:
A. Issue Paper
B. Ordinance
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approve ordinance revising RMC 6-27 to enable staff to immediately collect lost, stolen, or abandoned
shopping carts, issue a $100 fine to the identified owner, and impound the cart for 14 days before selling or
disposing the cart.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
& ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
M E M O R A N D U M
DATE:January 25, 2016
TO:Randy Corman, Council President
Members of the Renton City Council
VIA:Denis Law, Mayor
FROM:Chip Vincent, CED Administrator, x6588
STAFF CONTACT:Paul Hintz, Associate Planner, x7436
SUBJECT:Shopping Cart Regulations
ISSUES:
To expedite the removal of shopping carts from public right-of-ways and other
prohibited locations, should the City Council amend existing Renton Municipal Code
pertaining to lost, abandoned, or stolen shopping carts, which are public nuisances, by
granting City personnel greater authority to collect and impound these carts?
To entice owners to be more proactive with respect to maintaining carts on their
respective premises, should the City Council establish fines for lost, abandoned, or
stolen shopping carts, and decrease the length of time the City will retain carts?
RECOMMENDATION:
Grant City personnel the right to collect and impound any lost,
abandoned, or stolen shopping cart without providing notice to the
cart’s owner;
Establish and issue a $100 fine to the cart owner for each cart
impounded by the City;
Decrease the length of time the City will retain impounded carts; and
Sell or dispose of any cart not retrieved from impoundment.
BACKGROUND SUMMARY:
Ordinance 5145, which established Chapter 6-27 RMC entitled Shopping Cart
Regulation, was adopted by the City Council in 2005 with the intent of curtailing the
presence of shopping carts on public right-of-ways or private property other than that of
the retail establishments that provide the carts. Abandoned shopping carts create visual
blight and are a potential hazard to pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists. Ordinance
5145 decreed abandoned shopping carts to be a nuisance, required carts to display
ownership information, empowered the City to collect and impound carts after
providing 24 hours’ notice to the cart’s owner, established a fee of $50 to claim an
impounded cart, and a time limit of 30 days before the City may sell or dispose of the
impounded carts.
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Randy Corman, Council President
Page 2 of 2
January 25, 2016
Existing shopping cart regulations are evidently ineffective, as demonstrated by the
numerous carts commonly found along streets and sidewalks, at bus stops and shelters,
in alleys, on school grounds, within parks, near multi-family residential buildings, and on
vacant lots. The prevalence of this public nuisance has prompted revisions to existing
code in an effort to make the consequences stringent enough to spur cart owners to be
more proactive in their efforts to retain carts on their respective premises.
Currently, staff may impound a cart located off the store’s premises if notice has been
provided to the owner, or if the cart lacks the required ownership sign and is or
potentially will disrupt traffic. Impounded carts are kept for 30 days, during which time
the cart owner may retrieve the cart(s) for a fee of $50 each.
The proposed revisions to Chapter 6-27 RMC would enable staff to immediately collect
lost, stolen, or abandoned shopping carts, issue a $100 fine to the identified owner, and
impound the cart for 14 days before selling or disposing the cart. Cart owners will be
apprised of their opportunity to retrieve the cart from impoundment if done so within
14 days. Carts that lack ownership information or those impounded in excess of 14 days
may be sold by the City, or disposed of through other means. Owners of non-signed
carts will not receive the impoundment fine because staff cannot conclusively identify
the owner, therefore these carts will be immediately eligible for sale.
Interdepartmental coordination will be necessary to implement the proposed revisions
to shopping cart regulations. The Administration will provide information and public
outreach to the business community and the general public prior to enforcing this
ordinance, so shopping cart owners are aware of their responsibilities.
CONCLUSION:
Existing regulations intended to prevent shopping carts from creating visual blight and a
public nuisance have proven ineffective. Allowing City staff to immediately collect and
impound carts will likely by an effective approach to removing carts from prohibited
locations. Increased monetary penalties will potentially motivate cart owners to keep
their carts onsite.
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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. ________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CHAPTER
27, SHOPPING CART REGULATION, OF TITLE VI (POLICE REGULATIONS) OF THE
RENTON MUNICIPAL CODE, BY CLARIFYING REGULATIONS; ADDING
DEFINITIONS FOR ‘ADMINISTRATOR’, ‘IDENTIFICATION SIGN’, ‘CART SIGN’ AND
‘IMPOUNDED CART’; AND ADDING FINES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Sections 6‐27‐1, Purpose; 6‐27‐2, Declaration of Nuisance; 6‐27‐3,
Shopping Cart Containment and Retrieval Plans; Applicability; 6‐27‐4, Exemptions; 6‐27‐5,
Definitions; 6‐27‐6, Shopping Cart Containment and Retrieval Plans; 6‐27‐7, Retrieval and
Impound; and 6‐27‐8, Fees and Disposition of Carts, of Chapter 27, Shopping Cart Regulation, of
Title VI (Police Regulations) of the Renton Municipal Code, are hereby amended as follows:
6‐27‐1 PURPOSE:
It is the primary purpose of this Chapter to provide for the prompt retrieval
of lost, stolen or abandoned shopping carts in order to promote public safety
and improve the image and appearance of the City. It is a purpose of this
Chapter to have the owners and operators of businesses providing shopping
carts use the means available to them to deter, prevent or mitigate the removal
of shopping carts from their business premises, and to retrieve any carts that
may be removed despite these efforts. It is a further purpose of this Chapter to
prevent the illegal removal of shopping carts from the business premises, to
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prevent the continued possession of illegally removed carts, and to prevent the
accumulation of illegally removed carts on public or private properties.
6‐27‐2 DECLARATION OF NUISANCE:
Retail establishments provide shopping carts for the convenience of
customers shopping on the premises of the businesses. A Sshopping carts that
have has been removed from the premises of the business and left abandoned
on public or private property throughout the City constitutes a public nuisance
and a potential hazard to the health and safety of the public; each lost, stolen or
abandoned cart shall constitute a separate violation. Shopping carts abandoned
on public and private property can create conditions of blight in the community,
obstruct free access to sidewalks, streets and other rights‐of‐way, interfere with
pedestrian and vehicular traffic on pathways, driveways, public and private
streets, and impede emergency services. It is for these reasons that such lost,
stolen, or abandoned shopping carts are hereby declared to be a public nuisance
which shall be subject to abatement in the manner set forth in this Chapter, or in
any other manner provided by law.
For purposes of this Chapter, any shopping cart located on any public or
private property other than the premises of the retail establishment from which
such shopping cart was removed shall be presumed lost, stolen, or abandoned,
even if in the possession of any person, unless such person in possession thereof
is:
A. An authorized agent; or
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B. Retrieval personnel; or
C. Enforcement personnel; or
D. An authorized customer.
6‐27‐3 SHOPPING CART CONTAINMENT AND RETRIEVAL PLANS; APPLICABILITY:
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, every owner who provides
more than ten (10) shopping carts to customers for use on the premises of any
retail establishment shall develop, implement and comply with the provisions of
a written Shopping Cart Containment and Retrieval Plan approved by the City to
provide for the containment of shopping carts on the premises of the retail
establishment (Shopping Cart Containment Plan), and for the retrieval of lost,
stolen, or abandoned shopping carts which have been removed from the
premises of the retail establishment (Shopping Cart Retrieval Plan).
6‐27‐4 EXEMPTIONS:
The requirements of this Chapter shall not apply to any retail establishment
which that provides a total of ten (10) or fewer shopping carts for use by
customers of such business, or which retail establishment complies with the
requirements of RMC 6‐27‐3. This Chapter shall not apply to carts that are
removed for repair or maintenance.
6‐27‐5 DEFINITIONS:
Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, the following words and
terms as used in this Chapter shall have the following meanings:
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A. Administrator: The Administrator of the Community and Economic
Development Department.
B. Authorized Agent: The owner, or an employee or authorized agent of the
owner, entitled to possession of the shopping cart.
B.C. Authorized Customer: A customer of the owner of the shopping cart,
having the written permission of the owner or owner’s agent to remove the
shopping cart from the owner’s premises. Such permission, however, shall
contain a requirement that the cart be returned immediately after its use.
C.D. Enforcement Personnel: Any police officer, code enforcement
inspector, or designated staff employed by the City of Renton.
E. ‘Identification Sign’ or ‘Cart Sign’: A sign that provides ownership
information, as required by this Chapter, which is required to be affixed to each
shopping cart.
F. Impounded Cart: Any shopping cart collected by authorized City
personnel, regardless of whether or not the shopping cart is being transported to
or is stored within City facilities.
D.G. Lost, Stolen, or Abandoned Shopping Cart: A shopping cart that is
either:
1. Removed from the premises of a retail establishment by any person
without the written permission or consent of the owner of the shopping cart or
the retailer otherwise entitled to possession of such cart; or
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2. Left unattended, discarded or abandoned upon any public or private
property other than the premises of the retail establishment from which the
shopping cart was removed, regardless of whether such shopping cart was
removed from the premises with permission of the owner;
3. For purposes of this Chapter, any shopping cart located on any public
or private property other than the premises of the retail establishment from
which such shopping cart was removed shall be presumed lost, stolen, or
abandoned, even if in the possession of any person, unless such person in
possession thereof is either:
a. The owner, or an employee or authorized agent of the owner,
entitled to possession of said shopping cart; or
b. An officer, employee or agent of a cart retrieval service hired by
the owner to retrieve such carts; or
c. City enforcement personnel retrieving, storing or disposing of said
cart pursuant to the provisions of this code;
d. A customer with written permission from the owner or agent of
the owner to take the cart off premises.
E.H. Owner: Any person or entity, in connection with the conduct of a
business, that who owns, leases, possesses, or makes more than ten (10) a
shopping carts available to customers or the public.
F.I. Parking Area: A parking lot or other property provided by a retail
establishment for the use of customers of said retail establishment for the
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parking of customer vehicles. The parking area of a retail establishment located
in a multi‐store complex or a shopping center shall include the entire parking
area used by the multi‐store complex or shopping center.
G.J. Premises: Any building, property, or other area upon which any retail
establishment business is conducted or operated in the City of Renton, including
the parking area provided for customers in such retail establishment.
H.K. Retail Establishment: Any business located in the City of Renton which
offers or provides shopping carts for the use of the customers of such business
regardless of whether such business is advertised or operated as a retail or
wholesale business, and regardless of whether such business is open to the
general public, is a private club or business, or is a membership store.
I.L. Retrieval Personnel: Those persons identified in the Shopping Cart
Retrieval Containment Plan as providing cart retrieval services, whether
employees of the business or independent contract services.
J.M. ‘Shopping Cart’ or ‘Cart’: A basket which is mounted on wheels or a
similar device generally used in a retail establishment by a customer for the
purpose of transporting goods of any kind.
6‐27‐6 SHOPPING CART CONTAINMENT AND RETRIEVAL PLANS:
A. Plans Required.: A Shopping Cart Containment and Retrieval Plans shall
be required to be filed with the Development Services Director either:
Administrator within six (6) months of the opening of the business; or, within six
(6) months of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Chapter. The
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plan shall include sections detailing the store’s strategy for preventing shopping
carts from leaving the business site and parking lot (Shopping Cart Containment),
and defining the methods that will be implemented to retrieve shopping carts
abandoned off‐site (Shopping Cart Retrieval).
B. Shopping Cart Containment Plans.: Shopping Cart Containment Plans
shall detail the business’ approach to retain carts on the property occupied by
the business. At a minimum, each Shopping Cart Containment Plan must
demonstrate how the following requirements of B.1 through B.4 will be met.
1. Signs on carts required: Every Each shopping cart made available for
use by customers shall have an Identification Sign sign permanently affixed to it
that includes the following information in accordance with RCW 9A.56.270, as
now enacted or hereafter amended:
a. Identification of Identifies the owner of the shopping cart or the
name of the business establishment, or both.;
b. Notification to Notifies the public of the procedure to be utilized
for authorized removal of the cart from the business premises.;
c. Notification to Notifies the public that the unauthorized removal
of the cart from the premises of the business or parking area of the retail
establishment, or the unauthorized possession of the cart, is a violation of City
and state law. unlawful; and
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d. A Lists a current telephone number or address for returning carts
removed from the premises or parking area to the owner or retailer. to report
the location of the abandoned cart.
2. Notice to customers: Written notice shall be provided Owners shall
provide written notice to customers, that the removal of shopping carts from the
premises is prohibited. Such notice may be provided in the form of flyers
distributed on the premises, notice printed on shopping bags, direct mail, notices
on business websites, or any other means demonstrated to be effective.
Conspicuous Additionally, all owners shall display and maintain conspicuous
signs shall be placed and maintained on the premises near all customer
entrances and exits and throughout the premises, including the parking area,
warning customers that removal of shopping carts from the premises is
prohibited by state and City law.
3. Employee training: The owner of the retail establishment shall
implement and maintain a periodic training program for new and existing
employees designed to educate such employees of the requirements of the
Abandoned Cart Prevention Shopping Cart Containment Plan and the provisions
of state and City law prohibiting the unauthorized removal of shopping carts
from the premises of the retail establishment.
4. Measures to contain shopping carts on site: The owner of the retail
establishment may install specific physical measures on the carts or implement
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other measures to prevent cart removal from business premises. These
measures may include, but are not limited to:
a. Installing disabling devices on all carts;
b. Posting store personnel to deter and stop customers who
attempt to remove carts from business premises;
c. Installing bollards and chains around business entrances/exits to
prevent cart removal;
d. Requiring security deposits for use of all carts; or
e. Providing carts for rental or sale that can be temporarily or
permanently used for the purpose of transporting purchases.
5. Collaboration with other businesses: Two (2) or more retail
establishments located within the same shopping or retail center or sharing a
common parking area may collaborate and submit a single Shopping Cart
Containment Plan.
C. Shopping Cart Retrieval Plan.: The Shopping Cart Retrieval Containment
Plans shall also detail the business’ approach for retrieving shopping carts
removed from the property occupied by the business. At a minimum, each
Shopping Cart Retrieval Containment Plan must demonstrate how the following
requirements of subsection C will be met.
1. Retrieval pPersonnel.: The owner shall provide personnel for the
purposes of the retrieval of lost, stolen or abandoned shopping carts. Such
personnel may be either employees of the business or one or more independent
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contractors hired by the owner to provide shopping cart retrieval services, or a
combination of both. The Shopping Cart Retrieval Containment Plan shall either:
a. Identify the number of employees who will be assigned such cart
retrieval duties, the number of total hours per week that each assigned
employee will perform such services, and the training each of such personnel has
received or will receive concerning the retrieval of lost, stolen or abandoned
shopping carts; or
b. Include a copy of each contract with a cart retrieval service (other
than confidential financial information that may be retracted from the contract).
2. Prompt retrieval of carts.: The owner shall:
a. Provide retrieval personnel in sufficient numbers to assure that all
public streets within a minimum one‐half (1/2) mile radius of the premises of the
retail establishment are patrolled not less often than every seventy‐two (72)
hours.
b. Immediately retrieve and remove each lost, stolen or abandoned
shopping cart owned or provided by the retail establishment which is found as a
result of such patrols from any public or private property upon which the cart is
found.
3. Patrol area and resources.: The Shopping Cart Retrieval Containment
Plan shall:
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a. Identify the streets and bus stops which will be patrolled as
required by this subsection as well as the manner, frequency, and times of such
patrols.
b. Include information such as the number of trucks, hours of
operation and retrieval personnel, as reasonably required by the City to assure
that the owner is devoting sufficient resources to cart retrieval operation to
comply with the approved Shopping Cart Containment Plan.
D. Plan Submittal and City Review.:
1. Plan review and decision.: Upon the filing of any proposed plan
pursuant to this Chapter, and receipt of the required processing fee, the
Development Services Director Administrator shall review said proposed plan
and either: 1) approve, 2) approve with conditions, or 3) deny the Abandoned
Shopping Cart Prevention Containment Plan. If the proposed plan is denied, the
notice of decision given to the owner shall state the grounds upon which the
proposed plan was denied. The owner may appeal a decision of the
Development Services Director Administrator to the Hearing Examiner in the
time and manner provided in RMC 4‐8‐110.
2. Amendments by oOwner.: The owner of any retail establishment
which has an approved Abandoned Shopping Cart Prevention Containment Plan
conforming to the requirements of this Chapter may, at any time, submit a
proposed amendment to the approved plan, which shall be processed and a
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decision issued within fourteen (14) calendar days following the receipt thereof
by the Development Services Director Administrator.
3. Implementation of plan.: The proposed measures shall be
implemented no later than ninety (90) days after City approval is given, unless
otherwise stated in the decision approving the plan. Unless otherwise agreed,
any modifications to the plan imposed by the City shall be implemented within
ninety (90) days after the City notifies the owner of the needed modifications.
E. Appeals.
1. Filing of Appeal. Any owner aggrieved by any adverse decision of the
Development Services Director pursuant to this Chapter may appeal such
decision within fourteen (14) calendar days following the date of such decision
by filing with the Hearing Examiner or City Clerk a written notice of appeal briefly
stating the grounds for such appeal. The notice of decision shall be deemed filed
on the date the appeal processing fee has been paid. No appeal shall be
accepted for filing and processing by the Development Services Director unless
accompanied by the appeal processing fee.
2. Notice of Hearing. If the appeal is timely filed, the Examiner shall
cause the matter to be set for hearing. The appellant shall be provided not less
than 10 calendar days written notice of the date, time and place of the hearing.
The Hearing Examiner shall conduct the hearing pursuant to the provisions of
RMC 4‐8‐110.
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F. E. Failure to File Shopping Cart Containment and Retrieval Plan.: Failure
to timely file a Shopping Cart Containment Plan or a Shopping Cart Retrieval Plan
shall be illegal and an infraction punishable under RMC 1‐3‐2.
6‐27‐7 RETRIEVAL, AND IMPOUNDMENT AND FINES PROCEDURES:
A. Retrieval and Impoundment of Shopping Carts.: The City may
immediately retrieve and impound any lost, stolen or abandoned shopping cart
within the City, or any where the location thereof will impede emergency
services. The City may immediately retrieve any lost, stolen or abandoned cart
within the City to which does not have the required Identification Sign is not
affixed to it. The City may retrieve any lost, stolen or abandoned shopping cart
within the City which has the sign affixed thereto after providing the requisite
notice to the owner, retailer, or agent, unless such notice has been voluntarily
waived by the owner, retailer, or agent.
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.
Impoundment with Notice. Enforcement personnel may impound a shopping
cart which has a sign affixed to it as described above, if both of the following
conditions have been satisfied.
1. Location outside of premises. The shopping cart is located outside
the premises or parking area of a retail establishment, and
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2. Failure to retrieve cart. The shopping cart is not retrieved within one
(1) day from the date the owner of the shopping cart, or its agent, receives
actual notice from the City of the shopping cart’s discovery.
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. Impoundment without
Notice.: A shopping cart may be impounded without notice if one of the
following conditions is satisfied.
1. Hazardous Location. If a shopping cart will impede emergency
services, or the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic, or is on private
property, City enforcement personnel are authorized to immediately retrieve the
shopping cart from public or private property and impound it; or
2. Lack of Identification. If a shopping cart does not have the required
identification sign affixed thereto, City enforcement personnel are authorized to
immediately retrieve the shopping cart from the public or private property and
impound it.
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. Each cart
impounded by the City shall constitute a separate violation. This fee shall not be
waived, unless a locking device was installed on the cart by the owner and that
locking device was disabled by a person other than the owner, in which case
that cart shall be exempt from this fine.
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E. Retrieval Fee: The City shall issue a retrieval fee of twenty‐five dollars
($25) to the owner of each lost, stolen, or abandoned cart impounded by the
City and retrieved, collected, or reclaimed by the owner. If the owner of the cart
retrieves the cart within fourteen (14) days, the owner shall be exempt from this
fine.
6‐27‐8 FEES AND DISPOSITION OF CARTS:
A. Disposition of Carts: Carts impounded by the City which are either held
for more than fourteen (14) days following the date of notification, or carts
without an Identification Sign, may be disposed of or sold by the City. Failure to
Retrieve Carts. The City may impound any shopping cart not retrieved by its
owner after the owner has received the City’s one‐day verbal notice.
B. Appeals:
1. Filing of Appeal: Any owner aggrieved by any adverse decision of the
Administrator pursuant to this Chapter may appeal such decision within fourteen
(14) calendar days following the date of such decision by filing with the Hearing
Examiner or City Clerk a written notice of appeal briefly stating the grounds for
such appeal. The notice of decision shall be deemed filed on the date the appeal
processing fee has been paid. No appeal shall be accepted for filing and
processing by the Administrator unless accompanied by the appeal processing
fee.
2. Notice of Hearing: If the appeal is timely filed, the Examiner shall
cause the matter to be set for hearing. The appellant shall be provided not less
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than ten (10) calendar days written notice of the date, time and place of the
hearing. The Hearing Examiner shall conduct the hearing pursuant to the
provisions of RMC 4‐8‐110.
Impounded Carts. The City shall charge a fee to the owner of a shopping cart
if the owner fails to retrieve its impounded shopping cart(s) after receiving
notice from the City in the amount of a $50 fine for each cart. Each cart the City
collects shall constitute a separate violation. However, any owner having
installed a locking device on its carts, and that locking device has been disabled
by other than the owner, then that cart shall be exempt from the $50 fine.
C. Disposition of Carts. The City may sell or otherwise dispose of any cart
not reclaimed from the City within 30 days from the date of the City’s
notification to the owner.
SECTION II. Subsection 6‐27‐9.A of section 6‐27‐9, Illegal Possession or Accumulation
of Carts, of Chapter 27, Shopping Cart Regulation, of Title VI (Police Regulations) of the Renton
Municipal Code, is hereby amended as follows:
A. Any person removing a shopping cart from the premises of an owner,
without the written permission of the owner or the owner’s authorized agent,
shall be guilty of shopping cart theft in the 3rd degree, which is a misdemeanor,
pursuant to RCW 9A.56.270.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage, approval, and thirty
(30) days after publication.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this _______ day of ___________________, 2016.
Jason A. Seth, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this _______ day of _____________________, 2016.
Denis Law, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney
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