Costa Mesa Municipal Code § 15-15 Declaration of a public nuisance

Many retail establishments provide shopping carts for the convenience of customers while shopping on the premises of such businesses. However, shopping carts removed from the premises of such businesses and left abandoned on public or private property throughout the city constitute a public nuisance and a potential hazard to the health and safety of the public. The proliferation of lost, stolen or abandoned shopping carts on public and private property causes blighting conditions in the community, results in the obstruction of free access to public and private sidewalks, streets, parking lots and other ways, interferes with pedestrian and vehicular traffic on public and private streets and impedes emergency services. For the aforesaid reasons, such lost, stolen or abandoned shopping carts are declared to be a public nuisance which shall be subject to abatement in the manner set forth in this article or in any other manner provided by law.

(Ord. No. 09-8, § 1, 7-21-09)

The chief of code enforcement shall oversee the implementation, administration and enforcement of this article, subject to oversight by the city manager or his designee.

(Ord. No. 09-8, § 1, 7-21-09)