(A) License required. No person, firm, partnership, corporation or association shall for hire or reward collect or transport any garbage, refuse or commercial or industrial waste within the city without first having obtained a license therefore as hereinafter provided.
(1999 Code, § 4-206)
(B) Application. Application for such license shall be made in writing to the Municipal Clerk and shall include the address from which such business shall be conducted and shall be signed by the owner of said business. The application shall state the make, model and year, and license number for each motor vehicle to be used by the applicant hereunder. No license shall be granted until the applicant shall present a receipt for the fee, a certificate or policy of liability insurance, and a signed agreement as to conditions of said license, as hereinafter required to the Municipal Clerk.
(1999 Code, § 4-207)
(C) Fee. Every person who shall for hire or reward engage in the business of collecting or transporting garbage, refuse or commercial or industrial waste or shall offer such service to the public in the city shall pay a license fee of $100 per year or any fractional part thereof. The license year shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of each year. No license issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be transferable.
(1999 Code, § 4-208)
(D) License approval. Upon filing with the Municipal Clerk of such application, together with the receipt showing a payment of the license fee as provided for, the said application shall be considered by the Municipal Clerk. If the application complies with this subchapter, all required fees have been paid and it does not appear that any city ordinance or state law will be violated by the operation, the Municipal Clerk shall issue the license.
(1999 Code, § 4-209)
(E) License; copies. The Municipal Clerk shall provide a copy of the license for each truck to be used. A copy shall be carried in each truck and securely fastened in a conspicuous place so as to be readily seen at all times.
(1999 Code, § 4-210)
(F) Conditions. It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle hereunder or permit the same to be operated within the city unless the license holder complies with the following conditions:
(1) Deposit with the Municipal Clerk a policy or a certificate of liability insurance covering all vehicles of all kinds used hereunder. Said policy to be issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the state in the minimum amount of $500,000;
(2) No vehicle of hauler shall operate within the city to collect or transport garbage or waste other than between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday;
(3) All federal, state and local regulations for collecting, dumping, recycling, waste recovery and reduction of waste shall be complied with;
(4) All non-hazardous solid waste collected within the municipality by any hauling service, licensed or unlicensed, for landfill disposal within the state, shall be delivered only to the transfer station designated by the city pursuant to resolution adopted by the governing body;
(5) The hauler shall keep waste volume records that will be made available for the municipality to inspect upon demand by the municipality; and
(6) No vehicle or hauler shall travel in or through an alley within the city to collect or transport garbage or waste.
(1999 Code, § 4-211)
(G) Suspension or revocation. Licenses granted under this subchapter may be suspended or revoked at any time by the City Council for any violation of this subchapter. No license shall be revoked without an opportunity for a hearing.
(1999 Code, § 4-212)
Penalty, see § 51.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 13-2020, 13-2023