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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 14:40:16+00:00

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§ 115-2 Permit required for placement and use for solicitation purposes; renewal.
§ 115-3 Permit fee; duration; limitation on number of licenses.
§ 115-5 Renewal application requirements.
§ 115-6 Placement of bins.
§ 115-7 Display of permit.
§ 115-8 Receipt and investigation of complaints; failure to comply.
§ 115-9 Violations and penalties; remedies.
Canvassing and soliciting — See Ch. 111.
Editor's Note: This ordinance stated that it would apply to all clothing donation bins in place on its effective date as well as to those placed subsequent to its effective date.
The request, directly or indirectly, for money, credit, property, financial assistance, or other thing of any kind or value. "Solicitation" shall include, but not be limited to, the use or employment of canisters, cards, receptacles or similar devices for the collection of money or other thing of value. A solicitation shall take place whether or not the person making the solicitation receives any contribution.
Whereas, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.60 et seq., entities utilizing clothing bins for the receipt of donations are required to obtain a permit from the municipality permitting such use, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person shall place, use, or employ a donation clothing bin within the City of Linwood for solicitation purposes without obtaining a permit from the Zoning Officer, that is approved by City Council.
Permits are renewable on an annual basis during the month of January.
The application fee, which must be submitted with the application, shall be $25.
The fee for annual renewal of the permit shall be $25 per bin and will be used to offset the costs involved in enforcing this chapter.
All permits and renewals obtained shall be in effect for one year and shall expire on December 31 of the year of the permit and renewals.
The Zoning Officer shall not be authorized to issue more than five total clothing donation bin permits within the City, and no more than two at any given site.
Written consent from the property owner to place the bin on his or her property.
The owner/applicant shall be recognized as a charitable nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation, organization, or an officer of such corporation or organization on whose behalf the application is being made. Such applicant shall submit the required sufficient documentation demonstrating the formal creation and recognition by the Internal Revenue Service of the establishment and present status of the charitable corporation or organization.
If the location of the bin is to be moved, the new location where the bin is to be situated, as precisely as possible, and written consent from the property of the new location, and approval by the Zoning Officer.
The City of Linwood shall not grant an application for a permit to place, use, or employ a donation clothing bin if it determines that the placement of the bin could constitute a safety hazard. Such hazards shall include, but not be limited to, the placement of a donation clothing bin within 100 yards of any place which stores large amounts of, or sells, fuel or other flammable liquids or gases; or the placement of a bin where it interferes with vehicular or pedestrian circulation.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections D and E, no donation clothing bin shall be placed, used or employed pursuant to this Chapter unless such donation clothing bin is free of rust, peeling, or other deleterious effects.
No donation clothing bin shall be placed on any municipally owned property.
No bin will be authorized in any residential zone.
Bins will be authorized in Business Zones only and are subject to annual renewal.
A statement, consistent with the information provided to the City in the most recent permit or renewal application, indicating the manner in which the owner anticipates any clothing or other donations collected via the bin would be used, sold, or dispersed, and the method by which the proceeds of collected donations would be allocated or spent.
The Code Enforcement Officer shall receive and investigate, within 30 days, any complaints from the public about the bin. Whenever it appears to the Code Enforcement Officer that a person has engaged in, or is engaging in, any act or practice in violation of this chapter, the person who placed the bin and the property owner shall be issued a warning, stating that, if the violation is not rectified or a hearing with the City of Linwood is not requested within 45 days, the bin will be seized or removed at the expense of the person who placed the bin and the property owner. Any clothing or other donations collected via the bin will be sold at public auction or otherwise disposed of. In addition to any other means used to notify the person who placed the bin, such warning shall be affixed to the exterior of the bin itself.
In the event that the person who placed the bin and the property owner do not rectify the violation or request a hearing within 45 days of the posting of the warning, the City of Linwood may seize the bin, remove it, or have it removed, at the expense of the person who placed the bin, and the property owner, and sell at public auction or otherwise dispose of any clothing or other donations collected via the bin. Any proceeds from the sale of the donations collected via the bin shall be paid to the Chief Financial Officer of the City.
For the third offense: mandatory revocation of permit.
Any penalty monies collected shall be paid to the Chief Financial Officer of the City.
Demonstrates that he or she made a good-faith effort to comply with the provisions of this chapter and P.L. 2007, c. 209 (N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.60 et seq.), and all other applicable laws and regulations, or had no fraudulent intentions.

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