(a) No person other than the person duly authorized by a permit issued by the Director of Public Service on behalf of the City shall collect or remove garbage or refuse within the City or convey or transport the same over or upon any street or public highway therein.
(b) All persons desiring to collect and transport garbage and refuse within the City shall apply for a permit to the Director. When satisfied that all of the regulations and provisions herein contained have been satisfied by the applicant, the Director shall issue a permit to the applicant upon payment of the proper fee.
(c) A permit fee of one hundred twenty dollars ($120.00) per year is hereby established for private haulers. The permit shall be issued by the Director and shall be limited to the time period from the date of issuance to the end of the calendar year for which the permit is issued. The fee shall be prorated over the year in the event that a permit is not issued for a full calendar year.
(d) The Director shall keep an accurate record and accounting of all applications for permits and shall pay over all fees received hereunder to the Director of Finance and shall take back a receipt from the Director of Finance to be included in the records herein required.
(e) No private hauler shall collect or transport garbage and refuse over the streets and highways of the City unless he has a permit on file in the Service Department.
(f) The Director may revoke any permit when he is satisfied that the permit holder is in substantial noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter or any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
(g) In the event the Director revokes the permit established hereunder, the City will not refund any portion of the fee to the permit holder.
(Ord. 2004-015. Passed 2-24-04.)