(A) All applications for licenses to pick up, collect, and transport garbage, trash, or rubbish shall be made to the Village Clerk. Applicants shall state their name, address, type of license desired, description of equipment to be used, and location of disposal area for garbage, trash, and rubbish collected by applicant. All applications for licenses shall be referred by the Village Clerk to the Sanitation Commissioner who, in conjunction with the Chief of Police, will cause an investigation to be made and make recommendations to the Village Council as to the granting or rejecting of the license for said applicant. The Village Council shall consider the recommendations of the Sanitation Commissioner in conjunction with the Chief of Police, and shall approve or reject the granting of all licenses under this subchapter. Application for licenses may be rejected by the Village Council, or licenses already granted may be revoked by the Village Council, for the following reasons:
(1) Improper, unsanitary, or lack of equipment, conveyances, or vehicles used to transport said garbage, trash, or rubbish;
(2) Unsatisfactory or unsanitary disposal areas; and
(3) Inability or failure to comply with the terms and provisions of rules and regulations relating to garbage, trash, and rubbish pickup and disposal as may be adopted from time to time by the Village Council.
(B) No license shall be granted by the Village Council to any applicant unless the conveyance or vehicle to be used by the applicant to pick up and transport any rubbish, trash, or garbage. All conveyances or vehicles used to transport rubbish, trash, or garbage shall be equipped with tailgates.
(C) Applicants and licenses shall be required to have their vehicles or conveyances equipped with covering, permanent or temporary, as to prevent trash, rubbish, or garbage from blowing or falling off the conveyances while being transported.
(D) In addition to the qualifications and requirements stated elsewhere in this subchapter, all garbage licenses shall be required to meet the following additional requirements.
(1) All garbage licensees shall be required to transport garbage within the village in a motor truck.
(2) All garbage licensees shall be required to have said motor truck or trucks equipped with a leak-proof metal box or container to hold and contain all garbage collected, and said metal box shall not be less than 300 cubic feet in capacity.
(3) All garbage licensees shall be required to have a garbage disposal area located outside the corporational limits of the village, and shall be required to operate and maintain said garbage disposal area in a manner such as not to constitute a legal nuisance.
(4) All garbage licensees shall be required to keep said motor truck or trucks in a clean and sanitary condition by washing same after each day of garbage collection by means of a pressure hose. All trucks used by garbage licensee shall be repainted at least once each year.
(5) All trucks licensed to hold garbage in the village shall be designated “Village Garbage Truck” by a proper sign on such truck plainly visible to the public showing the village license number and with letters not less than four inches in height.
(6) All garbage licensees shall be required to prepare and file with the Village Clerk, before picking up and transporting any garbage, a collection and route to be covered on said dates. Such schedule as filed shall be adhered to by each garbage licensee.
(Ord. 21, passed - -) Penalty, see § 51.99