27-15 Enacting 721 Donation Boxes

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text that must be clearly legible to a donor of property, reading as fol- lows: "Placing donated items outside this box is prohibited and is punishable as littering (L.C.O. 521.08)." (6) No more than one donation box shall be permitted on any single parcel of property. (7) Any donation box placed or maintained in the City that is not permitted by the City, and any donated items left outside a donation box, shall be subject to impoundment by the City. If impounded, a donation box and donated items may be released to the owner upon the payment of an impound fee established by Council. If impounded for more than 30 days, a donation box and donated items may be sold for scrap or other- wise disposed of by the City. (8) The permit issued for any donation box may be revoked, after reasona- ble notice is attempted to be given to the donation box owner, if the do- nation box is placed or maintained in violation of this chapter. 721.03 APPEALS. Any person affected by a decision of the building commissioner under this chap- ter may appeal from that decision to the Board of Building Standards and Build- ing Appeals within 10 days of receiving notice of the decision. An appeal shall not act as an automatic stay of the decision from which appeal has been made. 721.99 PENALTY. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense, and for a second or subsequent offense, shall be guilty of a_ misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Section 2. Council hereby establishes an application fee of $100.00 per donation box pursuant to Section 721.02(b)(5). Section 3. Council hereby establishes an impound fee of $25.00 per day pursuant to Sec- tion 721.02(d)(7). Section 4. Any donation boxes existing in the City as of the effective date of this ordi- nance shall be subject to the regulations in this ordinance. Section 5. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such for- mal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements.