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(a) The city council shall designate the term of a solid waste collection franchise in the franchise ordinance, which term may never exceed 40 years. The franchisee may renew the franchise by making application in accordance with Section 18-33. A franchisee shall apply for renewal at least 90 days before the expiration of the franchise term.
(b) Any decal issued under this article for a solid waste collection vehicle expires upon expiration, revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal of the accompanying solid waste collection franchise. (Ord. Nos. 21058; 21163; 24743; 26480; 26608)
Each franchisee shall maintain, at a single location in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, adequate financial records documenting all of its solid waste collection service transactions within the city. The records must be maintained in accordance with generally-accepted accounting and government- auditing standards. The franchisee may be audited by the city as often as the director deems necessary to ensure that accurate franchise fee payments are received. A franchisee shall make its records available for inspection by the director at reasonable times upon request. (Ord. Nos. 21058; 21163; 26480; 26608)
By February 1 of each year, a franchisee shall file an annual report with the director containing the following information for the preceding calendar year concerning solid wastes and recyclable materials collected by the franchisee within the city:
(1) Total volume in tons of wet and dry solid waste collected by the franchisee, with separate figures for total residential waste and total commercial waste.
(2) Total volume in tons of recyclable materials collected and recycled by the franchisee, with separate figures for total recycled residential waste and total recycled commercial waste.
(3) A description and the total volume in tons of each type of material recycled by the franchisee. (Ord. Nos. 21058; 21163; 26480; 26608)
A franchisee or an applicant for a solid waste collection franchise shall not allow the payment of ad valorem taxes upon any vehicle, equipment, or other real or personal property used directly or indirectly in connection with the solid waste collection service to become delinquent. (Ord. Nos. 21058; 26480; 26608)
A franchisee shall notify the director within 10 days of a change in:
(1) the address or telephone number of the solid waste collection service; or
(2) the form of the business or the executive officers of the solid waste collection service. (Ord. Nos. 21058; 21163; 26480; 26608)
A franchisee or an applicant for a solid waste collection franchise shall have each vehicle to be used in the solid waste collection service inspected in a manner approved by the director before a decal is issued to the vehicle and at such other times as may be ordered by the director. (Ord. Nos. 21058; 26480; 26608)
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