(A) No person shall perform any service as a scavenger, or engage in a business of being a scavenger within the town without a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(B) The application for a scavenger license shall be on a form adopted for such purposes by the town, be verified by the applicant personally, and provide as minimally, as follows:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) The complete description and identification of the vehicles to be used by the applicant;
(3) The place where such vehicles will be kept or stored when not in use;
(4) The disposition to be made of all garbage, waste, refuse, debris, junk, or abandoned or discarded material collected;
(5) Whether they count waste separation, and if so, how;
(6) Whether they sell any waste material so separated, listing what categories of waste they separate, and to whom they sell;
(7) List what landfill and landfills they utilize.
(C) The annual license fee to be paid to the town for the scavenger license shall be pursuant to the following fee schedule:
Scavenger Class | Annual Fee |
I* | $0.00 |
II | $15.00 |
III | $25.00 |
IV | $35.00 |
V | $50.00 |
Each license shall expire one year from the date of issuance.
*Class I scavengers are exempt from the annual licensing fee requirement. Class I scavengers shall follow the reporting guidelines as established by the town Recycling Department.
(D) Any license holder under this section who shall make any change of address, equipment, location of storage facilities for equipment, or manner of place of disposition of collected material, shall report such change in writing to the town within five days after such change has occurred.
(E) Each applicant for a class of scavenger license shall post with the town Clerk-Treasurer, prior to the issuance of a license, a Casualty Surety Bond or Indemnity Statement on a form approved by the town in substantially the form provided hereinafter. The Casualty Surety Bond or Statement is intended to protect the town and its residents in the event that the licensee discontinues service. The Surety Bond or Indemnify Statement will be utilized for the removal of abandoned equipment, garbage, and any related debris, and all related purpose in the operation of the service. The Surety Bond or Indemnity Statement shall remain in effect during the entire period of the license, and can only be canceled by the Surety upon 15 days notice to the Town Clerk-Treasurer. The amounts are as follows:
(1) Class I: Indemnity Statement;
(2) Class II: Bond at $1,000.00;
(3) Class III: Bond at $1,500.00;
(4) Class IV: Bond at $2,000.00;
(5) Class V: Bond at $2,500.00.
(Ord. 746, passed 5-25-99)