A. The city council may, after notice and hearing, suspend or permanently revoke a garbage hauler's or refuse hauler's license, for one or more of the following reasons:
1. Failing to maintain residency requirements of §17-24.
2. Failing to maintain all insurance required by §17-29.
3. Failing to pay the City landfill fees or spillage cleanup fees when due.
4. Misusing a license.
5. Violating one or more provisions of this chapter relating to the collection and transportation of garbage, and/or trash; or failing to fulfill one or more of the terms of a contract with any customer, on five or more occasions in any twelve-month period.
B. If the city council determines that, based upon the evidence presented, a suspension is warranted, it shall order the hauler's license be suspended for a period of not less than thirty (30) nor more than one hundred eighty (180) days. Said suspension shall begin on the first day of the month following the date the order of suspension is entered. The licensee shall, before his, her, or its license may be renewed, refund to all customers all fees collected in advance for service to be rendered during the period of suspension; provided, that said licensee may, at his, her, or its option, pay a fine in lieu of suspension in the amount of ten (10) dollars for each day of suspension. Said option must be made and the fines therefor must be paid prior to the first day of suspension under the council's order.
C. If the city council determines that, based upon the evidence presented, revocation is warranted, it shall order the hauler's license to be revoked immediately. The order of revocation shall require the licensee to refund to his, her, or its customers, all fees collected in advance for services that were to be rendered after the date of revocation; and require the payment of all fees due the City.
D. Any licensee whose license has been revoked may not reapply for a license for a period of five years.
1. This prohibition shall apply to individuals, partners, corporate officers and agents, and all managerial personnel involved in the violations for which revocation was ordered.
2. Nothing herein shall prohibit a licensee from employing a person who is subject to the order of revocation.
(Amended by Ordinance No. 9045, effective 6-7-2006)