(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of collecting, hauling or transporting refuse, garbage, trash or rubbish in the village without first obtaining approval and a contract from the Village Board to engage in such business. All provisions and regulations of this section shall be complied with before such approval and contract shall be issued.
(B) All persons, firms or corporation applying for permits to engage in the business of collecting, hauling or transporting refuse, garbage, trash or rubbish shall provide satisfactory proof that they own or have continuing access and dumping rights to appropriate landfill disposal sites or processing facilities as hereinafter required for the deposit therein of matter collected, transported or hauled, and the manner of collection must comply with all legal requirements. All refuse or matter which consists in whole or in part of garbage shall be disposed of only in a legal landfill site or legal incinerator. Refuse or matter which contains no garbage shall be disposed of in a legal dump, a legal landfill site or legal incinerator.
(C) As used herein, the term LEGAL shall mean fully approved by the village and complying with all requirements of the Nebraska Environmental Protection Act, as amended, and the officially adopted rules and regulations thereunder of the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, and at all times operated in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Health Department of the State of Nebraska and the county or other political subdivision having jurisdiction over the facility or site.
(D) Before any person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of collecting, hauling or transporting refuse, garbage, trash or rubbish, he, she or they shall submit the equipment proposed to be used for inspection by the Village Board. Any vehicular equipment used for the transporting of garbage, trash, refuse or rubbish over the streets, avenues or alleys in the village shall have attached thereto a metal body of the totally enclosed water-tight sanitary refuse collection type. The floor shall be of such pitch and shall so meet the sides and front so as to prevent the leakage and dripping of liquids. The body shall be maintained clean and odor-free.
(Prior Code, § 6-202) Penalty, see § 50.99