A. Required:
1. The municipality or its agent shall collect, remove and dispose of all residential or commercial garbage, the removal of which is not otherwise provided for by the establishment or institution as herein provided.
2. All garbage and refuse shall be collected, removed and disposed of with such frequency and in such manner as the city council may from time to time establish by regulation.
B. Authorized Removal: Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this chapter, no garbage or refuse shall be moved or hauled away or transported upon the streets or public ways of the municipality except by the municipality, its agent or authorized persons hauling commercial garbage or refuse as hereinafter provided. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, except as permitted in this chapter, to haul or remove garbage or refuse in the municipality.
C. Commercial Establishments And Institutions: Commercial establishments, public or quasi-public, institutions and establishments creating commercial garbage, may remove commercial garbage themselves or may employ the services of authorized contractors to remove commercial garbage. Authorized garbage haulers must apply for and receive permission to do so from the city recorder. Haulage of refuse must be done in the manner, at such times and in such vehicles as may be approved for such purposes as the city council may from time to time by regulation provide.
D. Relief Of Obligation: The municipality or its agent shall be relieved of its obligation to collect garbage from a residence if a mutual agreement not to do so is reached between the two (2) parties and maintained on file in the municipal office.
E. Persons Hauling Own Garbage: Nothing contained in this section shall preclude persons from hauling their own garbage, trash or community waste over the streets and alleys of the municipality in vehicles and containers approved by a sanitary inspector or such other personnel of the municipality as the city council may authorize.
F. Charge Not Eliminated: Nothing in this section shall be construed as eliminating the charge for garbage service, except where the garbage service is missed or the garbage is not picked up because of a mutual agreement filed with the municipality or its agent. (Ord. 89-11-28-5, 11-28-1989)