A. Watertight Containers Required: No person shall be permitted to collect or haul garbage, refuse, ashes, or rubbish over the streets excepting that such shall be conveyed in watertight containers.
B. Canvass Or Other Top Required: No person shall be permitted to collect or haul garbage, refuse, rubbish, debris, papers or any other such items over and across the streets and alleys thereof unless such vehicle so conveying such rubbish or debris is equipped with a canvas top or some other device effective to prevent the said rubbish, debris and trash from being strewn and littered about the streets and alleys.
C. Hauling For Hire:
1. License Required: No person shall convey rubbish or garbage over and across the streets and alleys for hire or for any person other than himself unless he shall have first filed with the clerk-treasurer an application for permission to haul garbage or rubbish over and across the streets and alleys and until said application has been accepted and a license duly issued.
2. Form Of Application: That the application so made to the clerk-treasurer for the person from whom such application is required shall be in essentially the following form:
Licenses truck has license number
Capacity of applicant's truck is tons volume of body of truck.
Persons with whom applicant has contract to haul garbage or rubbish at date of making this application are:
1.
2.
3.
Applicant's signature
(Ord. 1972-1, 8-10-1972)
3. Insurance: Before any license herein provided for can be issued by the clerk-treasurer for the performance of hauling such garbage or rubbish, such applicant shall file with the clerk-treasurer proof of workers' compensation insurance and liability insurance. (Ord. 1972-1, 8-10-1972; amd. 2007 Code)
4. Hauling For Others Restricted: It shall be unlawful for any person to haul garbage or rubbish for hire, or for any person other than himself, or to permit hauling of any garbage or rubbish over the streets whatsoever, unless he shall have made application for and received a license herein provided.
5. Use Of Approved Landfill Site Required: Any person who shall haul garbage or rubbish in and about the city and haul the same over the streets shall be required to haul all such rubbish and garbage to an approved landfill site. This requirement, however, may be waived by special application and permission granted by the city council.
6. Strewing Or Scattering Prohibited: It shall be unlawful for any person herein to permit general construction material, debris, tree limbs and such refuse and garbage to be strewn or scattered about the streets. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry garbage or rubbish about the streets unless said refuse or garbage shall be properly covered so as to prevent the same from being strewn about the streets or alleys. The violation of any of the provisions of this section shall not only constitute a violation of this chapter, but in those cases in which a license has been issued shall subject such licensee to the cancellation of his license during the period for which it was issued.
7. Power Of City Council: The city council is empowered to accept or reject any application that may be made to haul garbage or refuse as provided in this chapter.
8. Term Of License: Licenses herein required will be issued with expiration date of December 30 of each year, unless said license shall be cancelled by the council as provided for herein. (Ord. 1972-1, 8-10-1972)