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Eureka adopts amended abandoned-cart ordinance after debate over fees and fairness
Summary
The council adopted an amendment to the abandoned and derelict shopping cart ordinance that allows the city to return recovered carts to businesses and to assess a recovery fee; members debated legal limits on fee structures and whether small businesses would be disadvantaged.
The council adopted amendments to the abandoned and derelict shopping cart ordinance to allow the city to charge fees whether the cart is disposed of or returned to the business and to return recovered carts to businesses rather than disposing of them. City Attorney Black advised that fees must reflect cost recovery and cannot be structured to generate revenue…
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