San Jose Municipal Code Part 2 Purpose

A. Abandoned carts constitute a nuisance, create potential hazards to the health and safety of the public, and interfere with pedestrian and vehicular traffic. The accumulation of wrecked and dismantled abandoned carts on public property tends to create conditions that reduce property values, and promote blight and deterioration.

B. The intent of this chapter is to insure that measures are taken by owners to prevent the removal of carts from a business premises, to make removal of carts a violation of this Code, and to facilitate the retrieval of abandoned carts in a manner consistent with state law.

(Ord. 26292.)

This chapter shall apply to all owners of a business establishment or other commercial services within the City of San José that provide twenty-six or more carts for customer use or the public.

(Ord. 26292.)