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§ 12.5-857 SOLID WASTE VEHICLE HAULING PERMIT.
   (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)