Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Chapter 9.13 ABANDONED SHOPPING CARTS*
9.13.060 Hearing.
Any owner of a shopping cart who has been charged a fee or
fine to reclaim a shopping cart shall be entitled to a hearing as to whether the
fee or fine has been properly charged by providing to the city clerk a written
request for a hearing within fifteen days of receipt of notice that the shopping
cart has been impounded. The hearing shall be held not later than thirty days
from the date of the hearing request, and the owner shall be notified of the
time, date, and location of the hearing. The city manager or his or her designee
shall appoint a hearing officer. If the hearing officer determines that the city
properly impounded the shopping cart and the owner has been charged the
appropriate amount, the owner shall pay all costs associated with the
administrative hearing and, if he or she desires to reclaim the shopping cart,
pay any applicable fee and/or fine. If the hearing officer determines that the
owner has been improperly charged a fee and/or fine, the owner shall be entitled
to reclaim the shopping cart at an adjusted fee and/or fine or at no charge,
whichever is applicable. (Ord. 907-02 § 1 (part))
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