TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Tom Kisela, City Manager
FROM: Russell Bunim, Community Development Director
1. SUBJECT
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Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance No. 30-24 amending Chapter 8.06 of the Orange Municipal Code establishing mandatory shopping cart retrieval plan and containment system.
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2. SUMMARY
Ordinance No. 30-24 establishes regulations requiring retail establishments to implement a shopping cart retrieval plan and containment system in accordance with State law to prevent the abandonment of unattended shopping carts on public and private property.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Introduce and conduct First Reading of Ordinance No. 30-24. An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Orange amending Chapter 8.06 of the Orange Municipal Code establishing mandatory shopping cart retrieval plan and containment system.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 1: Provide for a safe community
a: Provide staffing and resources to deliver services that ensure public safety.
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
The City Council and community members have raised concerns about the persistent issue of unattended or abandoned shopping carts throughout the City given their significant impacts to public health, safety, and the welfare of residents, visitors, and businesses. A proliferation of shopping carts also diminishes the visual appeal and economic development potential of the City's major commercial corridors and hubs.
Unattended or abandoned shopping carts negatively affect the community in the following ways:
* Impede pedestrian, cycling, and vehicular traffic including emergency services;
* Create hazardous conditions for users of sidewalks, parking lots and other public rights-of-way such as citizens with disabilities;
* Erode residents' sense of safety within the community; and
* Increase demand for city resources needed to remove them from the public right-of-way.
Implementing...
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