(a) Council may contract with any competent person for the regular collection and disposal of garbage and trash which originates or accumulates on public and private property within the Town; provided, that any such garbage and trash collection and disposal contract shall contain provisions specifying the fees to be charged users of such services, which shall be uniform within classes such as residential users, business and commercial users, institutional users and other appropriate classes, and whether such fees are to be paid to the Town or to the contractor; provisions establishing schedules of routes, days and hours of collection; provisions specifying the types of vehicles to be used for collection purposes, and the safety and sanitary use and maintenance of such vehicles; and provisions for the lawful and sanitary disposal of garbage and trash collected and the place of such disposal; and provided further, that no such contract shall deprive any owner, occupant or person in charge of any property in the Town from making his own arrangements for the regular disposal of garbage and trash originating or accumulating on such property, in a lawful and sanitary manner no less frequently than may be provided in such contract.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or abrogate any garbage and trash collection and disposal contract which is in effect on the effective date of this section, and any such contract shall continue in effect until the expiration date thereof or until sooner terminated by agreement of the parties thereto.
(1973 Code §10-9)