In order to qualify for a permit, an applicant must present documents and information to the Director of Public Works to assure the municipality that the applicant possesses the financial and other qualifications and has available the necessary equipment to adequately perform the service of collection, transportation, storage, and removal of refuse. Such documents and information shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Certificates of insurance showing coverage satisfactory to the Director of Public Works;
(2) A certificate declaring under penalty of false statement as provided in the Connecticut General Statutes that no person, partner, joint venturer, employer, principal, agent, or shareholder associated with the applicant has violated this subchapter or the collector contract within the past 12 months or is under a period of permit suspension or revocation at the time of application, or a statement completely and accurately describing any such suspension, revocation, violation or alleged violation;
(3) A list of the names and addresses of any and all persons owning an interest in the applicant's business;
(4) A description of the area served by the applicant by street names or a map marked to show the area and streets served;
(5) A list of the names and addresses of the applicant's customers residing or located within this municipality;
(6) A list of collection equipment and the capacity of such equipment for all equipment owned or leased by the applicant at the time of application or upon acquisition thereafter, including containers, used or intended to be used in this municipality for collection, transportation or storage of refuse and the capacity and location of each such container;
(7) A certification that all collection and transportation vehicles and equipment used or intended to be used by the applicant in this municipality for collection, transportation, or storage of refuse comply with all applicable safety requirements; and
(8) Proof of compliance with any bond or other financial security required by the municipal contract. As a further condition precedent to issuance of a permit, the applicant must number all vehicles and containers used or intended to be used for the collection, transportation, or storage of refuse within this municipality. The applicant shall be further required to notify the Director of Public Works in writing within 15 days of any changes with regard to such information, except that the list of names and addresses required under division (A)(5) above shall be updated and submitted to the Director of Public Works no less often than quarterly provided that there are any changes to such list.
(B) No person shall be issued a permit unless each collection vehicle, roll-off container, or other container used by such person in the collection of refuse has been inspected by the Health Director and the Chief of Police or his authorized representative. In lieu of inspection and approval by the Chief of Police the Director of Public Works may accept or request a certification that all such vehicles and containers complies with all applicable safety requirements. Such certification shall be in such manner and form as shall be satisfactory to the Director of Public Works. Upon a satisfactory inspection of all such vehicles and containers, the Health Director and the Chief of Police, if he has performed the safety inspection, shall sign the application form evidencing applicant's compliance with this section. Each vehicle shall be subject to inspection at any time by the Director of Public Works, the Health Director, or the Chief of Police, or their authorized representatives.
(C) Only one permit may be issued to each applicant hereunder whether such applicant is an individual, partnership, or corporation and regardless of the number of vehicles such applicant uses in the collection of refuse.
(D) No permit except a temporary permit shall be issued after June 30, 1988 unless the applicant has signed a collector contract committing him to take proper responsibility for his actions as a designee of the Municipality under the terms of the municipal contract. Such collector contract shall be prepared by the Municipal Attorney with the approval of the Mayor and the Director of Public Works and shall include language requiring liquidated damages as compensation for damages to the municipality caused by any violation by the applicant of contracts or rules regarding the system or any regulations promulgated by the municipality.
(E) The Director of Public Works may issue short-term temporary permits which shall have a duration of not more than two weeks.
(F) All permits, except for temporary permits, issued hereunder shall be valid for a period of one year from July 1 of each year. (Any annual permit which is valid at the time of passage of this subchapter or any annual permit issued after adoption of this subchapter, is hereby extended to expire on June 30, 1989). All permittees shall cause such permit identification as is required by the Director of Public Works to be displayed conspicuously, in the manner prescribed by the Director of Public Works, on each vehicle and container used in this municipality in the business of collection, storage, or transportation of refuse.
(G) Each applicant for a permit hereunder shall pay a fee for such permit and inspections, which fee shall be set as part of a fee schedule to be established by resolution of the Legislative Council upon the recommendation of the Mayor. The permit fee may be based on the number of vehicles and containers used by the applicant and the capacities of such vehicles or containers. No proration of such fees shall be allowed for late registration.
(H) When any permittee shall sell or transfer all or part of his business, it shall be the obligation of both the permittee and the purchaser or transferee to notify the Director of Public Works, in writing, of such sale or transfer no later than 24 hours after completion of said transaction. No prorated refunds shall be issued.
(I) Any person having a place of business in this municipality who removes the refuse from his business for disposal by himself shall first apply for and obtain a permit. Any such person shall comply with all of the provisions of this section except for division (A)(3), (4), and (5).
(J) No permit shall be issued to any applicant if any person, partner, joint venturer, employer, principal or agent associated with the applicant, shareholder who owns more than 10% of such applicant's stock, or employee having some responsibility for the applicant's business is, at the time of application, associated with any person, collector or other business which is under a period of permit suspension or revocation in accordance with the terms of this subchapter, or has been associated with any such person, collector, or other business during a period of suspension or revocation of the permit of such person, collector, or other business, which suspension or revocation remains in effect at the time of application.
(K) Permits granted hereunder shall not be transferable or assignable.
(L) The Director of Public Works may, in his discretion, issue a reciprocal permit to any applicant who has obtained a permit from any town, city or borough which is a party to a municipal solid waste delivery and disposal contract with CRRA governing participation at the facility by that town, city, or borough. The terms, conditions, and expiration date of such permits shall be set at the discretion of the Director of Public Works.
(Ord. 286, passed 2-6-89) Penalty, see § 94.99