Source: https://ecode360.com/14486217
Timestamp: 2018-12-19 01:46:02
Document Index: 556202426

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 210', '§ 210', '§ 210', '§ 210', '§ 210', '§ 210', '§ 210', '§ 210']

Township of Burlington, NJ Donation Clothing Bins
§ 210-1 Terms defined.
§ 210-3 Issuance of permit; limitation on location.
§ 210-4 Annual fee.
§ 210-5 Annual renewal.
§ 210-6 Required information to be displayed on exterior of bin.
§ 210-7 Duty to maintain and service bins.
§ 210-8 Investigation of complaints; seizure; additional penalty.
Chapter 210 Donation Clothing Bins
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Township of Burlington 6-22-2010 by Ord. No. 10-OR-013. Amendments noted where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter "solicitation" or "solicit" means 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 things of value. A solicitation shall take place whether or not the person making the solicitation receives any contribution.
No person shall place, use or employ a donation clothing bin, for solicitation purposes, unless the person has obtained a permit, valid for the calendar year, from the Zoning Officer following submission of the required application. The application shall include the following information:
The proposed location of the bin, as precisely as possible;
The manner in which the person anticipates any clothing or other donations collected via the bin will be used, sold, or distributed;
The method by which the proceeds of collected donations will be allocated or spent;
The written permission from the property owner.
A bona fide office is the place where a representative of the person obtaining the permit, and any other entity which may share or profit from any clothing or other donations collected via the bin, can be reached at a telephone information line during normal business hours for the purpose of offering information concerning the person or other entity. An answering machine or service unrelated to the person, or any other entity, does not constitute a bona fide office.
The Zoning Officer shall review each application for a permit to place, use, or employ a donation clothing bin on any property that has a current state recycling center approval and shall approve said application upon the determination that the property owner has consented to the application and the placement of the bin will not constitute a safety hazard. Such hazards shall include, but are not 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. Nothing within this chapter shall be construed as to prohibit the placement and operation, by permit, of up to three on-site donation clothing bins at any donation center located within a nonresidential zone district that is operated solely by a registered nonprofit organization, whose primary purpose is to collect donated clothing and other items for charitable purposes. At the discretion of the Zoning Officer, any permit approval may be conditioned upon the application securing a site plan approval.
The permit fee shall be $25 per calendar year per donation clothing bin.
An expiring permit for a donation clothing bin may be renewed upon application for renewal and payment of the $25 annual fee. The application shall include the following information:
The location where the bin is situated and, if the person intends to move it, the proposed new location where the bin would be situated following renewal;
The manner in which the person has used, sold, or distributed any clothing or other donations collected via the bin, the method by which the proceeds of collected donations have been allocated or spent, and any changes the person anticipates it may make in these processes during the period covered by the renewal; and
Each donation clothing bin shall conspicuously disclose on its exterior the following information:
The permit number and date of expiration;
The telephone number of the person's bona fide office and, if applicable, the telephone number of any other entity which may share or profit from any clothing or other donations collected via the bin;
In cases when any entity other than the person who owns the bin may share or profit from any clothing or other donations collected via the bin, a notice, written in a clear and easily understandable manner, indicating that clothing or other donations collected via the bin, their proceeds, or both, may be shared, or given entirely to, an entity other than the person who owns the bin, and identifying all such entities which may share or profit from such donations, and a statement indicating the manner in which the person anticipates any clothing or other donations collected via the bin would be used, sold, or distributed, and the method by which the proceeds or collected donations would be allocated or spent.
It shall be the duty of the person in whose name the permit has been issued to properly maintain and service the donation clothing bin to prevent any nuisance, hazardous or unsafe condition.
The Zoning Officer shall receive and investigate, within 30 days, any complaints concerning a donation clothing bin. Whenever it appears to the Zoning Officer that a person has engaged in, or is engaging in, any act or practice in violation of this chapter, other than for a nuisance, hazardous or unsafe condition, the person to whom the permit was issued shall be issued a warning, or in the case of a nonpermitted bin, the property owner shall be issued a warning by personal service or certified mail, stating that if the violation is not rectified, or a hearing with the Zoning Officer is not requested, within 45 days, the bin will be seized or removed at the expense of the permittee, and 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 permittee does not rectify the violation or request a hearing within 45 days of issuance of the warning, the appropriate municipal agency 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.
In addition to the applicable penalties set forth in § 210-9 of this chapter, any person who violates this chapter and whose donation clothing bin has been seized, may also be subject to a penalty of up to $20,000 for each violation and be deemed ineligible to place, use or employ a donation clothing bin for solicitation purposes. A person's eligibility may be restored pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.63.
Any person who is operating a nonpermitted donation clothing bin or has obtained a permit but has been cited by the Zoning Officer for neglecting to maintain a donation clothing bin so that it does cause a nuisance, or create a hazardous or unsafe condition, and has failed to cure such violation within 48 hours of written notice of such violation shall be subject to a fine for the first offense of $100 per day and for the second offense of $250 per day upon failure to cure such violation. However, nothing within this section shall be construed as to limit the ability of the appropriate municipal agency to seize any bin that fails to comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter concerning seizure of clothing bins and the penalties associated with such seizure.