[Ord. #2009-04, § 1]
The purpose of this section is to provide for the enforcement
of P.L. 2007,c.209.
(Ord. #2009-04, § 1)
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.
[Ord. #2009-04, § 1]
The Township of Plumsted in which the donation clothing bin
has been placed shall receive and investigate, within thirty (30)
days, any complaints from the public about the bin. Whenever it appears
to the appropriate municipal agency that a person has engaged in,
or is engaging in any act or practice in violation of section 2 of
P.L. 2007, c.209 (C.40:48-2.61), 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 forty-five (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 forty-five (45) days of
the posting of the warning, the appropriate municipal agency 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 municipality.