The purpose of this article is to provide a uniform set of procedures
for administering the placement and maintenance of clothing bins within
the Township of South Hackensack ('Township"), as well as providing
for a uniform set of procedures for administering the issuance and
revocation of all permits issued by the Township for the placement
of clothing bins.
As used in this article, 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
The requests, 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 thing of value. A solicitation shall take place
whether or not the person making the solicitation receives any contribution.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary,
no person shall place, use or employ a clothing bin, for solicitation
purposes, within the Township without first obtaining a permit valid
for a period of one year from the Township Clerk as hereinafter provided.
This article shall be enforced by the Building Department and/or
Township Clerk. All clothing bins shall be subject to inspection by
the Building Department or any duly authorized representative of the
Township.
The Building Department and/or Township 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 article, 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 Township.