In order to provide for a continuous system of refuse collection and disposal in a manner which meets the needs and conveniences of the residents of this city and in order to protect the area from the problems of uncoordinated, unsanitary and improper solid waste disposal, the Council hereby determines that it is in the best interest of the residents of the city to require licenses of persons collecting and/or hauling garbage and rubbish for hire, reserving to the city the right and authority to grant an exclusive refuse collection franchise to a single operator.
(`87 Code, § 506.01)