(a) License Required. No person, firm or corporation shall conduct the business of commercial hauling of rubbish, refuse, or garbage within the City without first having obtained a license therefor. Application for such license shall be made to the Safety-Service Director and shall designate thereon the name of the licensee, the location of his business and the number of vehicles intended to be used.
(b) License Fee and Vehicle Permit Fee; Term. The fee for any license issued hereunder shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00) per year. In addition thereto, the licensee shall obtain a permit from the Service-Safety Director for each vehicle engaged in the business as described in this chapter. The fee for any such permit shall be five dollars ($5.00) per year per vehicle. All licenses and permits shall expire on December 31 of the year of issue. Upon issuance of a license or permit, the Service- Safety Director shall issue an official tag, decal or sticker to be placed on the windshield of each vehicle issued a permit. No commercial solid waste hauler’s license or permit shall be transferable without the prior written approval of the Service-Safety Director.
(c) Nuisances. A condition of any license or permit so issued by the Service-Safety Director shall be that the licensee or permittee agrees to collect, transport and dispose of any garbage, rubbish or refuse in a sanitary manner so as not to create a nuisance.
(d) Financial Responsibility. No license or permit shall be issued unless the applicant shall furnish proof of financial responsibility in the form of liability insurance coverage on the applicant, his agents and his employees, in limits of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) limits for personal injury liability and twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) limits for property damage liability. In addition, each applicant who employs one or more employees shall furnish the Service-Safety Director with a current certificate of Workers’ Compensation coverage when the initial application is made and at such times thereafter as the City may reasonably require.
(e) Bond. Prior to the issuance of any license or permit hereunder, each applicant shall furnish a surety bond in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) guaranteeing that the applicant will conform to the requirements of all applicable City ordinances.
(f) Protective Devices Against Spillage or Litter. Any vehicle engaged in the business of hauling rubbish, refuse or garbage shall be so constructed and operated that its contents shall not spill or scatter upon any public or private property. Where an open truck or trailer is used, an adequate tarpaulin or canvass shall be required to prevent spillage or scattering of contents of the vehicle upon the public streets and any adjoining property.
(g) Exceptions. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any City resident hauling garbage, rubbish or refuse for a noncommercial purpose, nor shall this chapter apply to the City of Bucyrus. “Noncommercial purpose” shall be deemed to mean that the hauling of garbage, rubbish or refuse is not being done for compensation, monetary or otherwise.
(h) Penalty. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter or any lawful rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Any such violation shall constitute a separate offense on each successive day continued. In addition, the Service-Safety Director may revoke any license or permit or refuse to grant a license or permit for any violation of the chapter provisions relating to the license or the permit, and such revocation or refusal to issue may be in addition to any fine imposed. Notice of revocation of any license or permit may be effected by the City by regular U.S. Mail, with a certificate of mailing obtained therefor by the City, addressed to the licensee at the address specified in the application for the license. Any licensee or permit holder may appeal the revocation of the license or permit by written notice of appeal filed with the Service-Safety Director who shall rule on any such appeals within fifteen days of receipt of same. (Ord. 46-2007. Passed 11-20-07.)