No person shall engage in the business of collecting, transporting, processing or disposing of solid waste other than waste produced by that person within the city without first obtaining from the city an annual license in accordance with the following.
(A) Application. Application for a solid waste collector’s license shall be made to the Clerk and provide the following:
(1) Name and address. The full name and address of the applicant, and if a corporation, the names and addresses of the officers thereof;
(2) Equipment. A complete and accurate listing of the number and type of collection and transportation equipment to be used;
(3) Collection program. A complete description of the frequency, routes and method of collection and transportation to be used; and
(4) Disposal. A statement as to the precise location and method of disposal or processing facilities to be used.
(B) Insurance requirements. Each applicant for a license to haul solid waste shall submit with the application a certificate of insurance naming the city as an additional insured, with minimum coverage in the following amounts:
General liability | $1,000,000 combined single limit |
$1,000,000 each occurrence | |
$1,000,000 aggregate | |
Automobile liability | $1,000,000 combined single limit |
$1,000,000 each occurrence | |
Worker’s compensation | Iowa statutory limits |
(C) License fee. The annual license fee shall be established by City Council resolution. Failure of the licensee to make a payment within 15 days of the beginning of each year shall result in the revocation of the license to haul solid waste. New applicants will have their license fee prorated on a monthly basis. Licensees terminating their service will not receive a refund for the balance of the quarter in which they terminate their service.
(D) License issued. If the Council upon investigation finds the application to be in order and determines that the applicant will collect, transport, process or dispose of solid waste without hazard to the public health or damage to the environment and in conformity with law and ordinance, the requested license shall be issued. Each license shall be for a term of one year from January 1 to December 31.
(E) License renewal. An annual license may be renewed simply upon payment of the required fee, provided the applicant agrees to continue to operate in substantially the same manner as provided in the original application and provided the applicant furnishes the Clerk with a current listing of vehicles, equipment and facilities in use.
(F) License not transferable. No license authorized by this subchapter may be transferred to another person.
(G) Owner may transport. Nothing herein is to be construed so as to prevent the owner from transporting solid waste accumulating upon premises owned, occupied or used by the owner, provided the refuse is disposed of properly in an approved sanitary disposal project.
(H) Grading or excavation excepted. No license or permit is required for the removal, hauling or disposal of earth and rock material from grading or excavation activities; however, all materials shall be conveyed in tight vehicles, trucks or receptacles so constructed and maintained that none of the material being transported spills upon any public right-of-way.
(I) Right of appeal. In the event a licensee has a license revoked or if an applicant has a license application denied, the licensee/applicant shall have the right to appeal the revocation/denial to the Council by delivering a written notice of appeal to the City Clerk within seven days of the revocation/denial. The appeal shall be scheduled for hearing before the City Administrator within 30 days of receipt of the appeal notice with a decision on the appeal to be issued by the City Administrator in writing within ten days of the hearing of the appeal. Written decisions shall be mailed via US Mail to the address listed on the application.
(1999 Code, § 106.06) (Ord. 2271, passed 11-11-2003; Ord. 2615, passed 6-25-2019) Penalty, see § 10.99