Any vehicle utilized for the collection, transportation or disposal of solid waste and/or recyclables shall comply with the following standards:
(a) Each vehicle shall be constructed and used so that no solid waste, oil, grease or other substance will blow, fall or leak out of the vehicle.
(b) A broom and shovel shall be carried on each vehicle at all times.
(c) Each vehicle shall comply with all applicable statutes, laws or ordinances of any public agency.
(d) Each vehicle must be under seven years of age unless specifically authorized in writing by the city manager.
(e) Routine inspections by the California Highway Patrol shall be conducted annually and certificates for the inspection shall be filed annually with the city manager.
(f) All vehicles shall at all times be kept clean and sanitary, in good repair and well and uniformly painted to the satisfaction of the city manager.
(g) Each vehicle shall be equipped with watertight bodies with close-fitting metal covers.
(h) The collector’s name or firm name and telephone number shall be printed or painted in legible letters not less than five inches in height on both sides of all of collector’s vehicles used in the city.
(i) High-intensity fog lamps shall be maintained on any vehicle eighty inches or wider, which shall consist of two red tail lamps in addition to the standard tail lamps. The fog lamps shall be used when visibility is less than fifty feet.
(j) All equipment shall be maintained at all times in a manner to prevent unnecessary noise during its operation.
(k) As the collector replaces existing equipment, the type and make of the new equipment shall be subject to prior approval by the city manager.
(Ord. 671 § 1 (part), 1992)