(A) No person owning, driving or controlling the use of any vehicle used for the carrying or transporting of any garbage, refuse or rubbish shall cause or permit the vehicle, when in use for such purpose, to stand or remain before or near any building or premises occupied by any person for an unreasonable or unnecessary length of time. All scavenger vehicles shall be of the all-metal, totally enclosed, packer type so that garbage, refuse or rubbish being carried or transported on city streets will not be exposed and so that noxious fluids will not leak out. Any person owning, driving or controlling such scavenger vehicle shall cause all such vehicles to be thoroughly disinfected at least once a week unless the same shall not have been used since the last disinfection thereof. The vehicle or vehicles shall be subject to city inspection from time to time.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of a scavenger, or collecting or removing garbage or offal, without first securing a license therefor. Any person desiring such a license shall make application, in writing, to the City Clerk in accordance with Ch. 110 of this code of ordinances. All licenses issued to a scavenger or refuse disposal contractor shall be for a period not to exceed one year expiring on April 30 of each year.
(C) The annual license fee for a refuse disposal collector or scavenger shall be $35 for one vehicle, plus $15 for each additional vehicle. The fee for licenses issued after May 1 in any year shall be prorated over the period the license will be in effect.
(D) (1) All persons doing business as scavengers in the city must be fully in compliance with all sections of this code of ordinances and ordinances relating to the business, or relating to traffic or the movement of vehicles on the streets.
(2) (a) No license shall be issued under the provisions of this subchapter unless the applicant for such license has first submitted proof of insurance in the form of a certificate or memorandum of insurance issued by an insurer duly authorized to issue such policies in the state; such insurance to be written by a company acceptable to the City Council. Such certificate or memorandum shall show that the applicant for a license has public liability insurance covering his or her operation within the city, shall show the date of expiration of such insurance and shall certify that the same shall not be cancelled without at least ten days’ notice to the city. Upon cancellation or expiration without renewal of such insurance, the license issued hereunder to the insured shall be void.
(b) Such insurance shall be in the amount of not less than $100,000 for personal injuries including accidental death to any one person, in an amount not less than $300,000 for each such accident and, as to property damage, not less than $25,000 for each accident.
(3) No license shall be issued under the provisions of this subchapter unless the applicant for such a license agrees to hold the city harmless from any and all claims, damages or loss of use resulting from the applicant’s business operations in the city. The insurance coverage shall include an endorsement covering said “hold harmless” agreement in favor of the city.
(4) No license shall be issued under the provisions of this subchapter unless the applicant files a performance bond with the sureties to be approved by the Mayor and Council in the sum of $10,000 with the city as beneficiary, conditioned upon the applicant continuing to properly operate the business of scavenger for the period covered by the license in accordance with the provisions of this code and to perform such collection and disposal services on all accounts in accordance with provisions of this chapter. Upon cancellation or expiration of such bond without replacement or renewal, the license issued hereunder shall be void.
(5) No license shall be issued unless the applicant agrees to make garbage and refuse collections in the areas and on the days as determined by the city.
(6) Scavengers who contract for individual residential or commercial (business) accounts for garbage, refuse and rubbish disposal and collection shall service all such accounts not withstanding whether the account is paid in full or not for at least 30 days after such account is delinquent; and, further provided, they give notice to the city of all accounts, and all accounts delinquent more than 30 days. Scavengers must notify the city of all changes in accounts.
(Prior Code, § 50.17) (Ord. 73-O-841, passed - -1973; Ord. 78-O-986, passed 6-20-1978) Penalty, see § 50.999