The city council may authorize, by contract, one or more solid waste enterprises to provide solid waste and recyclables collection services for residential and commercial/industrial users or customers. In the sole discretion of the city council, the solid waste and recyclables collection services may be authorized on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, and with or without competitive bidding, and may relate to any class or type of solid waste within all or any part of the territory of the city.
No person shall collect or dispose of solid waste or recyclables in the city unless that person has entered into a collection agreement with the city, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, and irrespective of any permit issued by any other governmental agency authorizing collection of solid waste or recyclables. Any such collection agreement shall be in addition to any business license or permit otherwise required by this code. Collectors operating in the city on the effective date of this chapter under a permit or a nonexclusive collection agreement may continue to operate only until the rights thereunder are terminated or revoked, or until such rights expire pursuant to the provisions of Section 49520 of the Public Resources Code.
(Ord. 531 § 3 (part), 1999).