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(4) any person who does not tender such sale, barter, exchange, gift,
<br />contribution, or other charitable or commercial transaction in person,
<br />unless such person has charitably donated an item in a place designated for
<br />such donations and authorized by the provisions of this section.
<br />(c) An authorized place designated for charitable or other donations which need not be
<br />made personally under section (b)(4) must be located entirely indoors, and must be operated in
<br />such a manner that it does not cause inconvenience, danger, or hazard to passersby or to nearby
<br />City residents. A license holder may not erect, or allow to be erected or placed on a sidewalk, in
<br />a parking area, or otherwise outside of a building, any external receptacle or structure for the
<br />purpose of collecting such donated goods, including drop boxes, mobile or immobile depository
<br />boxes, trucks, truck trailers, or other structures external to and apart from the building from
<br />which the license holder operates.
<br />755.12 EXCEPTIONS
<br />This chapter shall not apply to:
<br />(a) persons who deal exclusively in furniture; or
<br />(b) persons who deal exclusively in secondhand automobiles; or
<br />(c) persons who are exclusively engaged in the pawnbroking business who comply
<br />with all other regulations and laws of the City with respect to the conduct of a
<br />pawnbroking business; or
<br />(d) persons who deal exclusively in secondhand books, magazines, paintings,
<br />paintings, drawings, etchings, engravings, tapestries, burlaps, sound recordings,
<br />videotape or film recordings, or other secondhand media; or
<br />(e) persons who deal exclusively in secondhand pianos, organs, or other musical
<br />instruments; or
<br />(f) persons who operate a casual sale, also known as a "garage," "yard," "basement,"
<br />"driveway," or "sidewalk" sale.
<br />SECTION 2: That there shall be, and hereby is, created new Section 521.15 of Chapter
<br />521 of the General Offenses Code of the City of North Olmsted, entitled, "Health, Safety and
<br />Sanitation," which, as created, shall read as follows:
<br />Section 521.15. Prohibition against Unattended Donations.
<br />(a) No person shall donate, deposit, or otherwise place any goods or materials on any
<br />sidewalk area, parking area, yard area, or otherwise outside of the building of a secondhand
<br />dealer, as that business is defined and regulated in Chapter 755 of the Business Regulation Code.
<br />(b) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
<br />SECTION 3: That any Ordinance or sections of Ordinances heretofore adopted that
<br />are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
<br />SECTION 4: That this Ordinance shall. take effect and be in force from and after the
<br />earliest period allowed by law.
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