This chapter shall be known as "Regulation of Unattended Donation
Boxes."
(SCC 1467 § 1, 2010)
The County of Sacramento supports charities and their efforts
to ensure that all people have adequate resources through donations
and other means. However, unattended donation boxes have begun to
proliferate in the unincorporated territory of the County, often in
unlawful locations, without the approval of property owners, or without
clear information about the operator of the boxes or how the collected
donations will be used. If not properly maintained and regularly emptied,
unattended donation boxes can become nuisances by attracting graffiti,
trash, toxic materials, and rodents. Because donation boxes are unattended,
the boxes themselves should provide the public with critical information
about the operator and how the donations will be used. Unattended
donation boxes should be regulated in order to provide the public
with information about how their donations will be used, and to ensure
the boxes do not become a nuisance.
(SCC 1467 § 1, 2010)
"Department"
means the Department of Neighborhood Services or successor
department charged with enforcement of the Sacramento County Nuisance
Code.
"Director"
means the Director, or designee, of the Department of Neighborhood
Services, or director, or designee, of a successor department charged
with enforcement of the Sacramento County Nuisance Code.
"Donation box"
means any unattended container, receptacle, or similar device
that is located at or on the exterior property areas of any premises
or lot within the County's unincorporated territory and that is used
for soliciting and collecting donations of clothing or other salvageable
personal property. This term does not include recycle bins for the
collection of recyclable materials such as glass, paper, plastics,
or aluminum.
(SCC 1467 § 1, 2010)
The Department shall maintain, in a manner easily accessible
to the public, a copy of all completed applications, and a list of
all approved permits, including, but not limited to, the location
of all donation boxes subject to approved permits.
(SCC 1467 § 1, 2010)
The Director may enforce this chapter pursuant to Chapter
16.18 of the Sacramento County Code and the liability, penalties, and cost recovery provided for in said chapter shall apply.
(SCC 1467 § 1, 2010)
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof
is held invalid by a court, that invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of the chapter that can be given effect
without the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this
chapter are severable.
(SCC 1467 § 1, 2010)