Tagged: Portage donation boxes

PORTAGE, MI - Portage may be the first community in Southwest Michigan to regulate collection or donation boxes. After a good deal of discussion the Portage City Council on Tuesday voted 5-1 to approve a collection box ordinance amendment that will regulate the 25 or so for-profit and non-profit collection boxes around town that take donations of everything from clothing to books.

PORTAGE, MI - Regulations controlling the proliferation of donation boxes in Portage are up for a public hearing at Tuesday's Portage City Council meeting. The donation box ordinance amendment has been discussed since last fall and went through Planning Commission hearings and approval.