745.01 GARBAGE AND RUBBISH COLLECTION.
(a) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of collecting, removing, hauling or transporting garbage, rubbish or ashes through or upon any of the streets, alleys or public ways of the City without first obtaining a license to do so from the Service Director or his designee for each vehicle engaged in such business. Such license shall be issued only after the equipment and personnel to be used in the collecting, removing, hauling or transporting of garbage, rubbish or ashes by the firm, person or corporation engaged in such business has been investigated, inspected and approved by the Health Department, the Police Division and the Codes and Permits Department.
(b) The fee for the license required by subsection (a) hereof shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per year.
(c) Such licenses shall be issued and effective for one (1) year beginning January 1 and ending midnight December 31. Initial license fees for new applicants shall be prorated, to the nearest whole month, for the number of months remaining in any license period. No refunds shall be made upon the discontinuance of business or abandonment of a license, or suspension or revocation of a license.
(d) Every person, firm and corporation to whom a license has been granted under this section shall collect and transport garbage in watertight covered metal trucks or vehicles or in watertight covered cans in such a manner as to preclude the scattering of garbage on the streets or the exposing of the same to public view.
(e) Every person, firm or corporation to whom a license has been granted under this section shall collect and transport rubbish in trucks or vehicles with metal, wood or tarpaulin covers in such a manner as to preclude the scattering of rubbish on the streets or exposing of the same to public view.
(f) All garbage and rubbish accumulated, collected or stored in the City shall be conveyed to the Richland County or other designated facility and there disposed, except that garbage as it is produced may be disposed in a disposal unit, or upon special permit issued by the Health Department, in such a manner and way as may be directed by the Health Commissioner.
(g) Every person, firm or corporation to whom a license has been granted under this section shall, before engaging in the business permitted by the license, furnish the Service Director or his designee with a certificate of insurance evidencing the existence of an acceptable, current comprehensive liability insurance policy, covering each vehicle operated by the licensee, which provides automobile and liability insurance of at least the following limits:
(1) | Bodily injury liability: | $50,000 each person |
100,000 each accident | ||
(2) | Property damage liability - | automobile: |
$25,000 each accident | ||
(3) | Property damage liability - | except automobile: |
$25,000 each accident | ||
25,000 aggregate operations | ||
25,000 aggregate protective | ||
(h) The license issued for garbage and rubbish collection shall be securely affixed, in the upper right area, to the windshield of each vehicle in such a manner that it is readily visible from the exterior of the vehicle.
(i) Every licensee under the provisions of this section shall provide garbage and rubbish removal service to residential customers, including multiple family dwellings consisting of four dwelling units or less, not less than once each week, and shall provide garbage and rubbish removal service to all other customers at the rate of frequency determined by the Service Director or his designee under the provisions of Chapter 977 of the Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code.
(j) Each licensee under the provisions of this section shall, semiannually, on the date of license renewal, submit to the Service Director or his designee a schedule of customers, which schedule shall indicate the name and address of each customer, the street address(es) where service is provided and the frequency of service provided such customer at each address and such other information as the Service Director or his designee may require to ensure enforcement of the requirement that all premises are served with garbage and rubbish removal not less than once each week.
(k) Customers shall deposit garbage and rubbish receptacles:
(1) At curbside within three feet of the street at the front of the property, or
(2) At the side or rear of the residence, on the customer's lot, nearest the street line, or
(3) If regulations are issued by the Service Director under solid waste programs in effect from time to time within the City, such as but not limited to recycling, then deposit shall be only in accordance with such regulations.
(Ord. 00-035. Passed 2-15-00.)