(a) Effective October 1, 1996, no person shall operate or allow to be operated any commercial snow removal machinery or vehicle within the City without having first obtained the proper license therefor.
(b) Application for such license shall be made to the City Manager upon a form provided by him or her for that purpose and shall contain the following information:
(1) The name and address of the applicant or trade name under which the applicant does business;
(2) The Social Security number or employer identification number of the applicant as issued by the Internal Revenue Service;
(3) The name of the applicant's liability insurance carrier; and
(4) Such other information determined by the City Manager to be necessary or advisable.
(c) No person shall be issued a license until the applicant deposits with the City Manager proof of a current policy of liability insurance in a form acceptable to the City Manager with minimum coverage amountsof twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for injury to one person, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for injury to more than one person and twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for property damage arising out of any one accident through the operation of commercial snow removal machinery and with minimum coverage amounts as required by state law for motor vehicles, in general, for a commercial snow removal vehicle.
(d) The annual fee for the license shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each applicant, which shall include one vehicle decal. The cost of a vehicle decal shall be assessed for every additional vehicle operated by the applicant. The license shall be valid from October 1 of the issuing year through September 30 of the following year and shall be renewed annually.
Each decal which is issued to a vehicle shall be displayed on the lower right-hand side of the windshield.
(Ord. 96-143. Passed 9-4-96; Ord. 14-45. Passed 4-16-14.)