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<br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />SEPTEMBER 18, 2006 <br /> <br />TITLE: <br />ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ADDING ARTICLE <br />IX TO CHAPTER 33 OF THE SANTA ANA <br />MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO <br />SHOPPING CART CONTAINMENT AND <br />RETRIEVAL <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 15t Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />~~~ <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />I, <br /> <br />\(e~ "- <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Adopt an ordinance of the City of Santa Ana adding Article IX to Chapter <br />33 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code relating to shopping cart containment <br />and retrieval. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />In recent years, the number of abandoned shopping carts observed along <br />the residential and commercial streets of Santa Ana has increased <br />significantly. Residents express concern that abandoned carts are being <br />left on public and private property in such proportions so as to cause <br />neighborhood blight, obstructions to pedestrians including disabled <br />persons when carts are abandoned on and block sidewalks and safety <br />hazards to motorists when carts are abandoned in the public right of way. <br />The proliferation of lost, stolen, wrecked or abandoned shopping carts on <br />can create conditions that reduce property values, and promote blight and <br />deterioration of the city neighborhoods, tending to lead to increases in <br />crime. Additionally, they have been found in local storm drains trapping <br />debris and trash and creating flooding hazards. <br /> <br />Given the growth of this problem, the Neighborhood Improvement/Code <br />Enforcement Council Committee (NICE) began a comprehensive review in the <br />Fall of 2005 in an effort to find solutions. The NICE Committee <br />concluded its principal review in July 2006, after conducting numerous <br />public meetings and considering testimony from residents, representatives <br />of the California Grocers Association, neighborhood organizations and <br />individual businesses operating in Santa Ana. <br /> <br />Additionally, at these hearings City staff presented and detailed <br />discussions ensued regarding surveys of approaches used in other <br /> <br />50A-1 <br />