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Council introduces ordinance to charge businesses for abandoned shopping‑cart recovery, debates exemptions
Summary
On first reading council introduced an amendment allowing the city to bill businesses when abandoned shopping carts are recovered and returned, and discussed enforcement targeting repeat nonlocal offenders while considering grace thresholds for smaller local businesses; the measure passed first reading 3–1.
The Eureka City Council on Aug. 5 introduced an ordinance amending municipal code to allow the city to charge a fee when staff collect abandoned shopping carts and return them to the business, rather than only charging when carts are disposed.
Director Kenyon and Chief Building Official Riley described a new GIS‑based tracking system that will tag, photograph and log recovered carts so the city can bill businesses and…
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