It is the purpose of this chapter to prevent or reduce the accumulation of abandoned shopping carts in the city. Abandoned shopping carts cause visual blight in neighborhoods, reduce property values in communities, obstruct pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the public rights-of-way, and constitute a hazard to the health, safety, and general welfare of the public throughout the city of Bakersfield. Therefore, the following development standards apply to property owners of retail establishments that provide shopping carts on site for use by its patrons. (Ord. 5097 § 1, 2022)