(A) No person shall engage in the business of collecting, hauling, removing and/or disposing of recyclables, garbage, animal or vegetable refuse, ashes, rubbish, trash or waste materials of any kind within the city and upon its streets without first obtaining an annual permit from the Director of Public Service and without complying with the requirements of this chapter. The fee for such a permit shall be $300 per year for each motor vehicle to be operated within the city.
(B) Whoever desires a permit to engage in any business described in division (A) above shall make a written application therefor at the Municipal Building. The written application must be made on the form provided, correctly stating the following information:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of the applicant;
(2) The make, model, year and current registration license of any motor vehicle used in the business;
(3) A brief description of the type of materials to be collected;
(4) The applicant’s business name, address and telephone number;
(5) The name, address and telephone number of each principal owner of the applicant;
(6) The type of business (commercial or residential);
(7) The location of the site for disposing of solid waste and recyclables; and
(8) A list of customers for whom the applicant has provided or is currently providing solid waste or commercial/industrial recycling collection services.
(C) Upon payment by the applicant of the permit fee as set forth in division (A) above, the Director of Public Service shall issue to the applicant a permit, valid from the date of issuance to March 1 of the following year, together with a license identification to affix to each motor vehicle in an unobscured, conspicuous place. The permit fee shall be collected for the purpose of reimbursing the city for the cost of processing the permit application.
(D) Each permit holder shall be required to post with the city a $500 cash or surety bond to insure the faithful performance of duties and responsibilities required of such permit holder by this chapter and by ordinances regulating vehicular traffic in the city as well as trash and recyclable collection and transportation.
(E) Each permit holder must carry proper liability insurance for each vehicle in the following amounts: personal injury, $1,000,000 per person and $1,000,000 per occurrence; property damage, $300,000 per occurrence.
(F) Each permit holder must provide the name of the facility to which the municipal solid waste and recyclables are transported and disposed.
(G) Each permit holder, as well as any other trash collector or hauler, shall not operate within the city limits between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.
(Prior Code, § 1060.03) (Ord. 58-1996, passed 4-22-1996; Ord. 191-2000, passed 10-9-2000; Ord. 200-2002, passed 11-25-2002; Ord. 236-2006, passed 12-11-2006; Ord. 11-2008, passed 1-28-2008; Ord. 133-2012, passed 7-23-2012; Ord. 16-2013, passed 2-11-2013)