No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the business of collecting or removing MSW, recyclables, bulky wastes, yard wastes, SSOM, or construction/demolition wastes within the City without first having obtained a license from the City Council. Such license shall be issued by the Council for a period of 1 year under the conditions prescribed within this chapter and upon payment of a license fee of $50, or such other fee as may be established by resolution of the City Council from time to time. A license so issued may at the sole discretion of the city be renewed annually upon the payment of such fee and upon approval by the city. No licensee pursuant to this chapter shall acquire vested rights in a license. The city may, upon finding that public necessity requires, establish other means of MSW, recyclables, bulky waste, yard waste, SSOM or construction/demolition wastes collection. The City Council may for cause revoke or refuse to renew any license issued hereunder; the violation of any provisions of this chapter by the licensee shall be cause for the revocation or refusal to renew the license. If the county revokes or suspends any hauler’s license, the city license, in case of revocation, shall be automatically terminated without any further action of the city, or, in case of suspension, the city license shall also be automatically suspended for the same length of time, without further action of the city.
(A) Any person desiring to be licensed as a licensed hauler shall make application to the city on a form prescribed by the city. Each licensed hauler operating under a separate name or identity, whether as parent/subsidiary or brother/sister organizations or as an independent organization, shall apply for and obtain a separate license prior to collecting MSW, recyclables, bulky wastes, yard waste, SSOM, or construction/demolition wastes.
(B) No license shall be issued until the applicant files with the city a current policy of public liability insurance and property damage insurance upon each of the trucks or other vehicles to be used by the applicant in the licensee’s business. The limits of coverage of such insurance shall be at least the sum of $1,000,000 for injury to one person, $2,000,000 for injury to two or more persons in the same accident, $200,000 for property damages and statutory limits for workers compensation insurance and may be adjusted from time to time. The city shall be a named insured on each policy. There shall be a certificate showing that the licensee has in force and effect the aforesaid insurance covering both the licensee and the City, and said certificate shall be filed with the City Clerk within ten days of the approval of the license, within ten days of any change in insurance status and at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the policies of insurance for each year of the license.
(C) The application shall include a list of equipment to be utilized by the collector. Each vehicle for which a collector’s license is issued may be inspected by the city, at the city’s discretion, for conformance with this chapter.
(D) The application for license shall be accompanied by certification that each of the employees of the collector that will be performing work in the city shall have been found free of offenses of felony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor punishable by jail. The certification shall be approved by the city.
(E) In order to renew a residential dwelling/recycling license, the licensee must submit to the city a list of all active accounts.
(F) No license shall be issued until the applicant files with the city a schedule of volume based billing rates to be charged by the hauler during the license period for which the application is made. Differences between rates charged for the various garbage container sizes shall be sufficient to encourage recycling and waste reduction in accordance with Minnesota Statutes and the Washington County Solid Waste Master Plan. Every licensee shall provide notification to the city and customers at least two weeks prior to any change in rates to be implemented during the licensed period. Failure to submit the rates in a timely manner shall render the changed rates void.
(Ord. 2017-2, passed 7-17-2017)