The municipality shall have the power to establish a solid waste management system within the corporate limits. When such system shall have been established, the municipality may provide, by ordinance, for the management and operation thereof, the rates to be charged for such service, including collection and disposal, the manner of payment and collection thereof and prescribe penalties for the violation of such ordinance and do whatever is necessary to protect the general health in the matter of removal and disposal of garbage.
(Prior Code, § 3-301)