(A) All residential units within the corporate limits of the city shall use the contractor, or approved subcontractor, as set forth herein for the collection of solid waste services. Residents, owners, or authorized agents of residential units shall not negotiate for the collection of solid waste, other than those arranged by the city through the contractor and approved subcontractor, and no persons shall opt to assume the responsibility of disposal of solid waste for themselves, or in any other manner not specifically set forth by this chapter.
(B) No residential waste service provider shall provide residential waste or recycling services within the city without the formal prior approval of the City Council.
(C) Any individual found to be disposing of solid waste in a manner not permitted by this chapter shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter, and punished as provided by § 52.99(B) herein.
(D) The city grants to the contractor the exclusive right, and obligation, to provide solid waste and recycling collection services for units within the city boundaries. The terms of such exclusive franchise shall be in accordance with the provisions of any such solid waste and recycling agreement between the contractor and the city. No other person, or entity, except such contractor, or approved subcontractor, shall be permitted to convey, or transport, solid waste or recycling for residential units within the city. The contractor, or approved subcontractor, shall pay the city a franchise fee, which shall be set at 4% of the rates charged for the privilege of doing business in the city, pursuant to such agreement between the city and the contractor, and/or approved subcontractor.
(E) The contractor, and approved subcontractor, shall have the right, and privilege, to operate collection vehicles, and equipment, on such streets, public ways, rights-of-way, or easements of the city.
(F) Commercial waste providers licensed, or authorized, by the city to provide commercial waste services shall be permitted to provide commercial waste services to non-residential units within the city. The commercial waste service provider shall pay the city a franchise fee, or license fee, which shall be set at 4% of the rates charged for commercial waste services for the privilege of doing business in the city and for the use of city streets, roads, and rights-of-way, and for the privilege of doing business in the city. Such franchise fee shall be payable in accordance with a written agreement with the city, which shall be in place prior to entering into any service agreements with commercial waste customers in the city. The franchise fee, or license fee, for commercial waste service providers went into effect on September 1, 2021.
(2021-17, passed 6-28-2021)