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The purpose of this chapter is to set forth the rules and regulations
governing the use and placement of charitable clothing bins for solicitation
throughout the Town of Morristown.
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SOLICITATION or SOLICIT
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 thing of value. A solicitation shall take place whether or
not the person making the solicitation receives any contribution.
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The following information shall be clearly and conspicuously
displayed on the exterior of each charitable clothing bin:
a. The
name and street address (no Post Office Box numbers) of the permittee
and of any other entity which may share or profit from any clothing
or other donations collected by the bin;
b. The
telephone number at the permittee's bona fide office and, of
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 by the bin;
c. In
cases where an entity other than the permittee owns the bin and may
share or profit from any clothing or other donations collected by
the bin, written in a clear and easily understandable manner, indicating
that clothing or other donations collected by the bin, their proceeds,
or both, may be shared, or given entirely to, an entity other than
the permittee that owns the bin, and identifying all such entities
which may share or profit from such donations; and
d. A
statement, consistent with the information provided to the Department
of Public Works, Land Use Division, Zoning Office in the most recent
permit or renewal application indicating the manner in which the permittee
anticipates any clothing or other donations collected by the bin would
be used, sold, or dispersed, and the method by which the proceeds
of collected donations would be allocated or spent.
e. The
permit number and its date of expiration shall be clearly and conspicuously
displayed on the exterior of the charitable clothing bin, in addition
to the other information required pursuant to this section.
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A nonrefundable fee of $25 shall be charged per each application
for a permit under this chapter to offset the costs involved in enforcing
the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:49-2.60 et seq.
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An expiring permit for a charitable clothing bin may be renewed
upon application for renewal and payment of any fee imposed by the
Department of Public Works, Land Use Division, Zoning Office for such
renewal. However, no more than $25 shall be charged for a permit regarding
the same bin. Such renewal application shall include:
a. A
description, as precise as may be practicable, of the proposed location
of the charitable clothing bin, or, if the renewal applicant intends
to move such bin, the new location where the bin shall be situated
after the renewal is granted, together with written consent from the
property owner to place the bin on his property during the renewal
period.
b. The
manner in which the renewal applicant has used, sold, or dispersed
any clothing or other donations collected by the bin, the method by
which the proceeds of collected donations have been allocated or spent,
and any changes the renewal anticipates that it shall make in these
processes during the period covered by the renewal.
c. The
name, street address (no Post Office Box numbers) and telephone number
of the renewal applicant's bona-fide office or of any entity
which shared or profited from any clothing or other donations collected
by the bin, and of any entities which may do so during the period
covered by the renewal.
All renewal permittees shall abide by the provisions pursuant to § 8-4 hereinabove.
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The applicant and any other entity which may share or profit
from any clothing or other donations collected by the bin, shall maintain
a bona-fide office where a representative of the applicant or other
entity, respectively, may be contacted during normal business hours
for the purpose of offering information concerning the applicant or
other entity. For the purposes of this section, an answering machine
or service unrelated to the applicant does not constitute a bona-fide
office.