(a) Any person desiring to maintain or operate a dumping ground shall make application for a license upon a form to be provided by the City Clerk, which application shall set forth:
(1) The name of the person;
(2) The person to be in control of operations or to manage the dumping ground;
(3) The area to be used as a dumping ground, including the legal description thereof;
(4) The nature of the waste product to be received at the dumping ground and the principal source thereof;
(5) Hours of operation; and
(6) Type of operation to be conducted thereon.
(b) No such application shall be approved by the City Council until:
(1) There shall be endorsed thereon the approval of the Department of Public Health as to the area proposed to be used as a dumping ground. No dumping ground shall be approved by the Department of Public Health in any part of the City where the material to be dumped thereon will be detrimental to the public health in any way whatsoever;
(2) There shall be endorsed thereon the approval of the Fire Department. No dumping ground shall be approved by the Fire Department if the location will create a fire hazard to persons or property adjacent thereto;
(3) There shall be endowed thereon the approval of the Department of Public Works and Utilities. No dumping ground shall be approved where the elevation of the location would be so altered by dumping operations as to be detrimental to surrounding areas; and
(4) The applicant shall have demonstrated to the City Clerk or to any examining official designated by the City Administrator, his or her familiarity with the terms of this article and his or her ability to maintain and operate a dumping ground in strict conformity with the terms of this article.
(Ord. 1045, passed 10-20-1952)