[Adopted 1-10-2006; amended in its entirety 2-17-2009 by Ord. No. O-09-001]
As used in this article, the following terms have the meanings indicated:
CLOTHING/MATERIAL BIN
Any enclosed receptacle or container made of metal, steel or any other material, or similar pattern and design, which are intended for the donation and/or the temporary storage of clothing or other materials.
COMMERCIAL COMPLEX
Any configuration of two or more retail and/or service establishments.
RECEPTACLE
Any container, regardless of size or construction, which was used for the collection of clothing.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, or other entity to place or cause to be placed a receptacle and/or clothing/material donation bin within the Township of Hillside without having first obtained a permit from the Zoning Office. In no event shall a receptacle be placed on residential property or in a residential district.
A. 
Any person desiring a permit under this article shall file with the Township Zoning Officer an original and one copy of an application, under oath, on a form furnished by the Township of Hillside.
B. 
The application shall set forth the following information:
(1) 
The applicant's name, business name and business address.
(2) 
Whether the applicant is an individual, partnership, corporation or other entity, and, if another entity, a full explanation in description thereof.
(3) 
If the applicant is an individual, the applicant's residence address.
(4) 
If the applicant is a partnership, the full name and residence address of each partner.
(5) 
If the applicant is a corporation or other entity:
(a) 
In the case of a corporation:
[1] 
The full name and residence address of each major officer and each stockholder (The term "stockholder," as used herein, means and includes any person owning or having an interest, either legal or equitable, in 10% or more of the stock issued and outstanding of the applicant corporation.);
[2] 
The name and address of the registered agent; and
[3] 
The address of the principal office.
(b) 
In the case of another entity:
[1] 
The full name and the residence address of each person owning or having any interest, either legal or equitable, aggregating in value 10% or more of the total capital of said entity;
[2] 
The name and address of the registered agent, if any; and
[3] 
The address of the principal office.
(6) 
Whether the applicant or any partners, officers or stockholders thereof have ever been arrested or convicted of a crime and, if so, the name of the person arrested or convicted, the date of the arrest, the crime or charge involved and disposition thereof. The term "officers" as used here means and includes the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer of the corporate applicant.
(7) 
A description of the receptacle and/or clothing/material donations bin to be covered by the permit.
(8) 
The manner in which the person anticipates any clothing or other donations collected via the receptacle would be used, sold or dispersed, and the method by which the proceeds of collected donations would be allocated or spent.
(9) 
The name and telephone number of the bona fide office, required pursuant to Subsection C of this section, of any entity which may share or profit from any clothing or other donations collected via the receptacle.
(10) 
If the applicant is not the owner of the property upon which the receptacle and/or clothing/material donations receptacle is to be located, the written consent of the owner of the property shall be attached to the application.
(11) 
A sketch indicating the location in which the receptacle and/or clothing/material donations receptacle will be placed on the said property, and, if required, a copy of any approval by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment from the Township of Hillside shall be attached to the application.
C. 
The person, and any other entity which may share or profit from any clothing or other donations collected via the receptacle, shall maintain a bona fide office where a representative of the person or other entity, respectively, can be reached at a telephone information line during normal business hours for the purpose of offering information concerning the person or other entity. For the purposes of this subsection, an answering machine or service unrelated to the person does not constitute a bona fide office.
An expiring permit for a clothing donations bin/receptacle may be renewed upon application for renewal and payment of the applicable permit fee. Such application shall include all information set forth in § 232-18 hereinabove, as well as the following additional information:
A. 
The location where the receptacle is situated, as precisely as possible, and, if the person intends to move it, the new location where the receptacle would be situated after the renewal is granted and written consent from the property owner to place the receptacle on his property;
B. 
The manner in which the person, during the term of the expiring permit (or, if after January 1, the most recently expired permit), has used, sold or dispersed any clothing or other donations collected via the receptacle, the method by which the proceeds of collected donations have been allocated or spent and any changes the person anticipates he or she may make in these processes during the period covered by the renewal; and
C. 
The name and telephone number of the bona fide office, required by § 232-18C hereinabove, of any entity which shared or profited from any clothing or other donations collected via the receptacle and of any entities which may do so during the period covered by the renewal permit.
The fee for initial issuance and renewal of a permit to place a receptacle or clothing/material donations receptacle as described herein within the Township of Hillside shall be $25 for each receptacle and/or clothing/material donations receptacle. The permit period for each receptacle and/or clothing/material donations receptacle shall be January 1 through December 31 of each year.
A. 
No more than three receptacles and/or clothing/material donations receptacles shall be located within any commercial complex, and no more than one receptacle and/or clothing/material donations receptacle shall be located on any commercial property which contains only one establishment. When multiple receptacles and/or clothing/material donations receptacles are permitted in any commercial complex, they shall be situated together with a separation distance not to exceed that necessary to move, place, empty or load the receptacles and/or clothing/material donations receptacles.
B. 
Each receptacle shall not exceed five feet in depth, eight feet in width and six feet in height.
C. 
The exterior of each receptacle shall clearly and conspicuously display the following information:
(1) 
The permit number and its date of expiration;
(2) 
The name and address of the registered person that owns the receptacle and of any other entity which may share or profit from any clothing or other donations collected via the receptacle;
(3) 
The telephone number of the person'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 receptacle;
(4) 
In cases when any entity other than the person who owns the receptacle may share or profit from any clothing or other donations collected via the receptacle, a notice, written in a clear and easily understandable manner, indicating that clothing or other donations collected via the receptacle, their proceeds, or both, may be shared or given entirely to an entity other than the person who owns the receptacle and identifying all such entities which may share or profit from such donations; and
(5) 
A statement consistent with the information provided to the Township of Hillside in the most recent permit or renewal application pursuant to § 232-18C and § 232-19B, indicating the manner in which the person anticipates any clothing or other donations collected via the receptacle would be used, sold or dispersed and the method by which the proceeds of collected donations would be allocated or spent.
A. 
The receptacle and/or clothing/material donations receptacle shall be located in such a manner that it will not be necessary for a donor to be parked in a driveway or on an access drive for parking stalls while depositing items into the said receptacle.
B. 
The receptacle shall not be placed in any parking spaces, roadways, sidewalks and/or walkways or in any buffer area and shall be no closer than three feet to any property line.
C. 
The areas adjacent to the containers shall be kept clear of all boxes and debris.
D. 
The receptacle shall be permitted in side and rear yards but not within front yard setbacks.
E. 
The receptacle shall not be located in any parking stall designated to meet the parking requirements of the on-site uses.
F. 
No receptacle shall be permitted in any residential or residential-business zone.
G. 
No receptacle and/or clothing/material donations receptacle shall be placed on a corner lot so that it obstructs the line-of-sight triangle requirements of 25 feet.
H. 
No receptacle and/or clothing/material donations receptacle shall be placed within 1,000 feet of another receptacle and/or clothing/material donations receptacle location.
I. 
No receptacle and/or clothing/material donations receptacle shall be placed within 100 yards of any place which stores large amounts of, or sells, fuel or other flammable liquids or gases.
The bins and/or clothing/material donations receptacle shall be maintained in a clean, sanitary condition, painted and in good working order. Each receptacle shall be emptied regularly, at least once each month or sooner, as dictated by the amount of items placed inside of the receptacle. No items shall be permitted to remain in the area surrounding the receptacle.
A. 
Within 30 days of receipt, the Township of Hillside shall investigate any complaints from the public about a receptacle.
B. 
Whenever it appears that a person has engaged in or is engaging in any act or practice in violation of this article and N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.61, the person who placed the receptacle shall be issued a warning stating that, if the violation is not rectified or a hearing with the Township Building/Zoning Office is not requested within 45 days, the receptacle will be seized or removed at the expense of the person who placed the receptacle, and any clothing or other donations collected via the receptacle will be sold at public auction or otherwise disposed of.
C. 
In addition to any other means used to notify the person who placed the receptacle, such warning shall be affixed to the exterior of the receptacle itself.
D. 
In the event that the person who placed the receptacle does not rectify the violation or request a hearing within 45 days of the posting of the warning, the appropriate municipal agency may seize the receptacle, remove it or have it removed at the expense of the person who placed the receptacle and sell at public auction or otherwise dispose of any clothing or other donations collected via the receptacle. Any proceeds from the sale of the donations collected via the receptacle shall be paid to the Chief Financial Officer of the Township of Hillside.
E. 
In addition to any other penalties or remedies authorized by the laws of this state, any person who violates any provision of N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.60 et seq. which results in seizure of the clothing donations receptacle shall be:
(1) 
Subject to a penalty of up to $20,000 for each violation. The Township of Hillside may bring this action in the municipal court or Superior Court as a summary proceeding under the Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999, PL.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 of Hillside; and
(2) 
Deemed ineligible to place, use or employ a receptacle for solicitation purposes pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.61. A person disqualified from placing, using or employing a receptacle by violating the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:48-2.60 et seq. may apply to the Township Building/Zoning Office to have that person's eligibility restored. The Township of Hillside may restore the eligibility of a person who:
(a) 
Acts within the public interest; and
(b) 
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.
(3) 
In addition, any person, partnership, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by one or more of the following:
(a) 
Confinement admissible in jail or in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days.
(b) 
A period of community service not to exceed 90 days.
F. 
Each violation of any of the provisions of this article and each day that same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.