The impoundment contained in this section shall apply only to shopping carts that do not have the identification sign required by Section 9.13.030.

Any abandoned shopping cart without an identification sign may be immediately impounded by the city at the owner’s cost. Within forty-eight hours of said impoundment, the city shall attempt to notify the owner (if the identity of the owner is known), either by telephone or in writing, that the city has impounded the shopping cart and the location at which the shopping cart was impounded. Any owner wishing to recover a shopping cart impounded pursuant to this section may appear during normal business hours within thirty days of the date of the notice (or, if no notice is given because the identity of the owner is not known, within thirty days after impoundment) at the applicable location, and reclaim the shopping cart upon paying the city’s actual costs incurred for impoundment and storage of the shopping cart. (Ord. 907-02 § 1 (part))