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Utica council amends zoning to regulate donation bins after complaints about unmarked containers
Summary
Council approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance to permit and regulate donation collection bins in specified commercial and large residential parcels, add an exemption for small book‑drop containers, and allow the city to remove unpermitted or unmarked bins at owner expense.
Utica City Council on Tuesday approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance to regulate donation collection bins after complaints about unmarked and possibly fraudulent containers left on private property.
The ordinance change restricts donation bins to nonresidential zoning districts and to R‑1 through R‑3 and O‑1 parcels only when those parcels are one acre or larger (the change was intended to allow legitimate church and…
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