No person, except the city, shall engage in or conduct the business of collection, removal or disposal of refuse, ashes, raw garbage or prepared garbage within the city, unless said person (includes sole proprietorship, corporation or other form of legal business entity) engaged in the business as authorized to so collect refuse and has a certificate of necessity to provide service within the municipal limits of the city as issued by the State Public Service Commission. Private scavengers, push cart operators and private garbage collectors who are not authorized and certificated for such collection within the municipal boundaries of the city by the State Public Service Commission are hereby prohibited from engaging in the business of transporting or disposing of raw or prepared garbage and refuse containing organic wastes, putrid matter and wastes or excreta subject to purification. All persons, businesses, houses, firms or corporations residing in or doing business within the city shall be required to pay the refuse/garbage fee as set forth within this subchapter; however, such payment does not require that the individual or business subscribe to the services and use the services provided by the fee paid. All persons, businesses, houses, firms or corporations residing in or doing business within the city may use any authorized and certificated refuse service he, she or it may desire; however, all parties shall pay the fees as set forth in this subchapter, regardless of the use of the service. No person shall neglect or refuse to pay for the same at the rates established by Council for the type of service furnished each such person.
(Ord. 32, passed 7-10-2018) Penalty, see § 50.99