The purpose of this chapter is to provide a
uniform set of procedures for administering the placement and maintenance
of clothing bins within the Borough of Fort Lee ("Borough") as well
as providing for a uniform set of procedures for administering the
issuance and revocation of all permits issued by the Borough for the
placement of clothing bins.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CLOTHING BIN
Any enclosed receptacle, container or other depository made
of metal, steel or a similar product and designed or intended for
the donation and the temporary storage of clothing or other materials.
SOLICITATION or SOLICIT
A request, directly or indirectly, for money, credit, property,
financial assistance, or other thing of any kind of 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.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, no person shall place, use or employ a clothing bin,
for solicitation purposes, within the Borough without first obtaining
a permit, valid for a period of one year, from the Borough Clerk as
hereinafter provided.
This chapter shall be enforced by the Building
Department and/or Borough Clerk. All clothing bins shall be subject
to inspection by the Building Department or any duly authorized representative
of the Borough.
The Building Department and/or Borough Clerk
shall receive and investigate, within 30 days, any complaints from
the public about a clothing bin. Whenever it appears that a person,
firm, corporation, club or charitable organization, institution or
association has engaged in or is engaging in any act, omission or
practice which violates this chapter, the person, firm, corporation,
club or charitable organization, institution or association who placed
and/or maintains the clothing bin shall be issued a warning stating
that, if the violation is not rectified or a hearing is not requested
within 45 days, the bin will be seized or removed at the expense of
the person, firm, corporation, club or charitable organization, institution
or association 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,
firm, corporation, club or charitable organization, institution or
association who placed the bin, such warning shall be affixed to the
exterior of the bin itself. Any proceeds from the sale of the donations
collected via the bin shall be paid to the Borough.