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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 14:52:33+00:00

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§ 138-3 Requirements for placement; use of clothing bins.
§ 138-4 Annual permit fee.
§ 138-5 Permit application requirements.
§ 138-6 Permit renewal application requirements.
§ 138-7 Placement of bins.
§ 138-8 Display of permits.
§ 138-9 Enforcement; removal of bins.
§ 138-10 Violations and penalties; remedies.
The purpose of this chapter shall be to provide rules, regulations and standards for the placement and use of donation clothing bins in the Borough of Runnemede in order to promote the public health, safety, convenience and welfare of the Borough.
A receptacle or container made of metal, steel or other material designed or intended for the collection and temporary storage of donated clothing or other items.
The request, indirectly or directly, 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 some other thing of value. A solicitation shall take place whether or not the person making the solicitation receives any contribution.
A statement, consistent with the information provided to the Borough in the most recent permit or renewal application indicating the manner in which the person 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 annual permit fee (new or renewal permit) is $25 per bin.
For entities subject to municipal land use regulation, a copy of the resolution of approval from the Planning Board granting approval for the proposed donation bin location.
If the location of the bin is to be moved, the precise new location where the bin is to be situated along with written consent from the property owner of the new location.
The Borough of Runnemede 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 include, but are not limited to, the placement of a clothing donation bin within 100 yards of any place which stores or sells large amounts of fuel or other inflammable liquids or gases; the placement of a bin where it interferes with vehicular or pedestrian circulation and/or flow; or the placement of the bin where it interferes with sight triangles or sight clearance. The person who uses, places or employs a donation clothing bin shall maintain the bin and the area surrounding the bin such that there shall be no accumulation of clothing or other donations outside the bin. Any person who uses, places or employs a donation clothing bin and permits the accumulation of clothing or other donations outside the bin shall be subject to a fine of $100.
The telephone number of the owner's bona fide office, and, if applicable, the telephone number of any other entity which shared or profited from any clothing or other donations collected via the bin. For the purposes of this subsection, an answering machine or service unrelated to the person does not constitute a bona fide office.
A statement which includes all information stated herein at § 138-5 (for new permits) and § 138-6 (for renewal permits).
The registered person who owns the bin shall report to the Borough Clerk any change of entity or entities which may share or profit from any clothing or other donations collected via the bin no later than 30 days from the changes. Failure to provide the Borough Clerk with said report within the thirty-day period shall result in revocation of the permit.
The Borough Zoning Officer shall receive complaints from the public regarding any donation clothing bin located in the Borough. The Borough Zoning Officer shall investigate said complaints within 30 days of receipt. Should the Zoning Officer determine that a person or entity has engaged in, or is engaging in any act or practice which violates this ordinance, the person or entity that placed the bin shall be issued a warning (to also be posted on the exterior of the bin) which states that if the violation is not rectified or a hearing with the appropriate municipal agency is not requested within 45 days of the issuance of the warning, the bin shall be seized or removed at the expense of the person or entity which placed the bin, and any clothing or other donations collected via the bin will be sold at public auction or otherwise disposed of.
Should the person or entity which placed the bin does not rectify the violation or request a hearing within 45 days of the issuance and posting of the order, the Borough may seize the bin, remove it or have it removed, at the expense of the person who placed the bin, 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 Borough.
All clothing donation bins existing at the time of the passage of this ordinance shall fully comply with all provisions of this ordinance no later than 30 days after the final passage of the ordinance.
Demonstrates that he made a good faith effort to comply with the provisions of 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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