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premises shall be recovered within 24 hours, or in the case of shopping carts abandoned at or around a bus stop, within 12 hours. The retrieval element shall identify the streets and bus stops which shall be patrolled; the manner, frequency and times of such patrols; and the procedures to be employed by the owner to retrieve abandoned shopping carts, including but not limited to the number of trucks and hours of operation of retrieval activities. In addition, the retrieval element shall detail a telephone notification program, whereby persons may notify the owner of an abandoned shopping cart and request retrieval of any shopping cart properly identified as belonging to the owner; and provide that each vehicle used to retrieve shopping carts shall bear conspicuous signs identifying the name of the owner or the retail business name and, if applicable, the name of the contract shopping cart retrieval service. (9) Daily cart confinement. A plan for storing shopping carts during non-business hours, for any business which is not open 24 hours per day, to prevent theft when closed. (10) Collaboration with other businesses. Two or more retail establishments located within the same shopping or retail center or sharing a common parking area may collaborate and submit a single shopping cart control plan. (11) Monthly reports. The owner shall provide a written report to the director specifying the number of abandoned shopping carts retrieved on the owner's behalf during the preceding calendar month. The report may be provided by an owner's contract shopping cart retrieval service Sec. 33-217. Fees. Every owner subject to this article shall submit with its initial proposed plan and thereafter annually with its annual report a fee in the amount set forth by resolution of the city council adopted from time to time. The fee shall not exceed the city's reasonable cost to administer and manage the activities mandated by this article, and shall not include the city's cost of retrieving shopping carts, except as provided for in Business and Professions Code section 22435.7. Sec. 33-218. Plan approval or denial and penalties. (a) Upon this article becoming effective, all owners shall submit a shopping cart control plan in compliance with section 33-216 to the director. For the initial plans, the director shall establish a schedule for submittal of plans. The director shall give written notice to each owner of its deadline for submittal of a Ordinance No. NS-XXX Page 8 of 14 11A-8