(A) Effective 7-1-1982, the city shall be the only entity authorized to provide scavenger services to and for single- and multiple-family residences located within the corporate boundaries.
(B) Owners and occupants of each single- or multi-family dwelling within the corporate boundaries shall be furnished with suitable containers for the storage of garbage and refuse and the collection thereof by the city. Such containers: shall be of a type, size and construction determined by the city; shall be compatible with existing city equipment and procedures for the collection of garbage and waste; and shall be provided by the city without charge to the resident user thereof.
(C) Containers shall at all times remain the property of the city. Residential users thereof shall be responsible to the city for damage to or loss of such containers attributable to the negligence of, carelessness of or willful acts of such resident users.
(D) No person, firm, organization, association, partnership, joint venture or other entity, other than the city, shall engage in or undertake to provide scavenger services to or for any residential structure or residential use within the corporate boundaries of the city.
(E) No license shall henceforth be issued to any person, firm or entity for the purpose of conducting a business of providing scavenger service to any residential structure or use within the corporate boundaries of the city. Any person, firm, corporation or other entity presently holding a current and valid license to so operate shall be entitled, upon application to the city, to a refund of moneys paid for such license, said refund to be prorated on a daily basis from May 1 to July 1.
(Prior Code, § 50.18) (Ord. 82-O-1086, passed 5-17-1982) Penalty, see § 50.999