It is the intent of City Council that this Chapter be liberally construed for the purposes of providing a sanitary and satisfactory method of preparation, collection, disposal and recycling of refuse, and for the maintenance of public and private property in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition to ensure the peace, health, safety, and welfare of the community. In support of this intent the City Council finds that:
(a) There is a need to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents, businesses, and public and private agencies and visitors to the City by regulating the creation, collection and disposal of refuse within the City; and
(b) The City Council has investigated several methods of regulating the creation, collection and disposal of refuse within the City and raising the funds for the cost of such regulation and has determined that the fairest, most economical, most accurate and practiced method of apportioning such costs among the residents, businesses, and public and private entities who create such refuse is to:
(1) Enter into a contract with a contractor to provide for the collection and disposal of residential refuse and recyclables and establish rates and charges to pay the costs therefor, as provided in Section 1060.03;
(2) Require commercial establishments to arrange for licensed haulers to provide for the collection and disposal of commercial refuse; and
(3) Enter into a contract or contracts with one or more licensed haulers to provide for the collection and disposal of Municipal refuse.
(Ord. 05-2002-01. Passed 7-2-02; Ord. 449. Passed 4-10-07.)