(A) The licensee shall be responsible for the satisfactory collection and transportation of all solid waste in his or her area to a county-operated disposal site or facility.
(B) Vehicles or solid waste containers used by the licensee for the collection and transportation of garbage, or refuse containing garbage, shall be covered, leakproof, durable, and of easily cleanable construction. These shall be cleaned as often as necessary but not less than twice a year to prevent a nuisance or insect breeding, and shall be maintained in good repair. The licensee shall have adequate solid waste container and vehicle cleaning facilities. The licensee shall close all lids on solid waste containers after the containers are emptied and shall plug all drains in solid waste containers (where required by local and state regulations). Vehicles shall display, in three-inch letters, the name and address of the hauler and the cubic yardage of the vehicle.
(C) Vehicles or containers used for the collection and transportation of any solid waste shall be loaded and moved in such a manner that the contents will not fall, leak, or spill therefrom, and shall be adequately secured and/or covered to prevent spillage therefrom. Should spillage occur, the material shall be recovered immediately by the solid waste hauler and returned to the vehicle or container, and the area properly cleaned.
(D) All trucks and other equipment and methods of disposal shall conform with the State Department of Human Resources, Division of Health Services Environmental Health Section Bulletin No. 411 establishing solid waste management rules, or as amended or reprinted.
(E) The licensee shall maintain in his or her employment a sufficient number of employees to adequately serve the area herein assigned to him or her and shall own and control sufficient equipment and machinery to perform the duties and services of collecting, transporting, and disposing of the solid waste in the county.
(F) The licensee shall submit an annual report to the County Manager, which shall contain but not be limited to the following:
(1) The total number of residential customers and the number of residential customers added and dropped;
(2) The total number of industrial customers and the number of industrial customers added and dropped;
(3) The number of complaints which are filed, organized in categories such as districts or type of complaints but not limited to those with a report on their final disposition;
(4) Changes in routes;
(5) New and replacement equipment;
(6) Any other information which the Board or the licensee believes to be of importance; and
(7) Figures for the month in question of the previous year.
(G) The licensee shall be responsible for actively campaigning for new customers by using all available sources and for working toward the goal of 100% collection in his or her designated area.
(H) The licensee(s) as designated by the Board shall be responsible for keeping the county-owned solid waste containers sites in a clean and sanitary condition and shall deposit the container solid waste at the county sanitary landfill as often as necessary to eliminate unsanitary conditions at the container sites.
(1996 Code, § 50.04) (Ord. passed 5-6-1985) Penalty, see § 50.99