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Township of Bernards, NJ Charitable Clothing Bins
Ch 4 § 13 Charitable Clothing Bins
§ 4-13.1 Definitions.
§ 4-13.2 Permit Required.
§ 4-13.3 Permit Fee.
§ 4-13.4 Permit Application Requirements.
§ 4-13.5 Renewal Application Requirements.
§ 4-13.6 Placement of Bins; Maintenance of Area.
§ 4-13.7 Display of Information.
§ 4-13.8 Complaints; Failure To Rectify Violation or Request Hearing.
§ 4-13.9 Violations and Penalties.
SECTION 4-13 Charitable Clothing Bins
Chapter 4 General Licensing SECTION 4-13 Charitable Clothing Bins
[Ord. #2042, § 1, 12-9-2008, added]
For the purposes of this section only, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person shall place, use, or employ a donation clothing bin within the Township of Bernards for solicitation purposes without obtaining a permit, which is approved by the Township Committee from the Municipal Clerk. Permits are renewable on an annual basis during the month of January.
The annual permit fee is $25 per bin and will be used to offset the costs involved in enforcing this section.
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 owner of the new location.
Bernards Township 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.
The telephone number of the owner’s bona fide office, and, if applicable, the telephone number of the bona fide office of any other entity which may share or profit 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;
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 with 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
The Zoning Officer shall receive and investigate, within 30 days, any complaints from the public about the 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 section, the person who placed the bin shall be issued a warning, stating that if the violation is not rectified or a hearing with the appropriate municipal agency is not requested within 45 days, the bin will be seized or removed at the expense of the person who placed the bin, 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 person who placed the bin does not rectify the violation or request a hearing within 45 days of the posting of the warning, Bernards Township 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 Township.
In addition to any other penalties or remedies authorized by the laws of this state, any person who violates any provision of this section or the provisions of P.L. 2007, c. 209 (N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.60, et seq.) which results in seizure of the donation clothing bin shall be:
Subject to a penalty of up to $20,000 for each violation. The Township may bring this action in the Bernards Township Municipal Court or the Superior Court of New Jersey as a summary proceeding under the Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999, P.L. 1999, c. 274 (N.J.S.A. 2A:58-10 et seq.), and any penalty monies collected shall be paid to the chief financial officer of the Township; and
Deemed ineligible to place, use, or employ a donation clothing bin for solicitation purposes pursuant to this section and P.L. 2007, c. 209 (N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.61). A person disqualified from placing, using, or employing a donation clothing bin by violating the provisions of P.L. 2007, c.209 (N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.60 et seq.) may apply to the Township Committee to have that person’s eligibility restored. The Township Committee may restore the eligibility of a person who:
Demonstrates that he made a good faith effort to comply with the provisions of this section 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.