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City Requires Licenses for Clothing Donations Bins as Council Moves to Clean Up City Streets

Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a section requiring a license for the placement of drop-off bins intended to receive donations of clothing and household items and establishing maintenance requirements in connection with such bins, all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Jones

Introduced: April 4, 2013

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2012–2015 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill requires owners of clothing and household item drop-off bins to obtain a license from the city and follow maintenance requirements.

What This Bill Does

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Owners of drop-off bins for donations of clothing and household items must obtain a license from the city.
The license is required to occupy space on private or public streets or other areas accessible to the public.
The bill establishes maintenance requirements for the drop-off bins.
The Department will issue the licenses to the donation drop-off bin owners, and the property owners of the locations where the bins are placed are also referenced in the bill, but their responsibilities are not clearly defined.