(A) It shall be an unlawful offense for any person, firm or corporation to remove any item placed in a recycling cart or bin which has been placed on the parkway for collection.
(B) It shall be unlawful for a person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of private scavenger, or the disposal of human, animal or vegetable refuse, or offal, without having first secured a permit therefor. The annual fee for such permit shall be as set out in the fee schedule for each vehicle used or operated within the city for the transportation of refuse.
(C) (1) No license shall be issued before the payment of the fee.
(2) Each such license shall terminate on the May 31 next following its issuance.
(3) The fee to be paid for a fraction of a fiscal year shall be reduced in proportion to the number of full calendar months which may have expired in the year prior to the issuance of the license.
(Prior Code, § 18-34) (Ord. 565, passed 4-11-1962; Ord. 1160, passed 3-3-1980; Ord. 1495, passed 4-13-1985; Ord. 91-59, passed 9-3-1991; Ord. 03-37, passed 7-7-2003; Ord. 2015-56, passed 10-5-2015) Penalty, see § 50.999