(a) Every person who uses a vehicle to transport or collect municipal solid waste produced in the city shall register each vehicle with the director of city services and shall have affixed by the city a solid waste vehicle hauling permit (“hauling permit”) to each vehicle.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly operates or causes to be operated a vehicle used to transport or collect municipal solid waste in violation of subsection (a) above.
(c) Exemptions:
(1) The city and its own employees engaged in the collection and transportation of municipal solid waste on behalf of the city are exempt from this division; and
(2) Persons transporting their own municipal solid waste that they generated at their own homes are exempt from this division.
(d) Defenses:
(1) It is a defense to prosecution that the person was using a vehicle to gather only recyclable materials, salvageable newspapers or clothes;
(2) It is a defense to prosecution that the person was transporting municipal solid waste that was generated in the person’s private business and that the person only transports municipal solid waste at a maximum of two times per year; and
(3) It is a defense to prosecution that the person was collecting municipal solid waste from a dumpster or roll-off container that is used by private individuals or firms and contains only recyclables.
(Ord. 13555, § 1, passed 8-25-1998)