A. The city or its agent shall collect, remove and dispose of all residential, commercial garbage, the removal of which is not otherwise provided for by the establishment or institution as herein provided. All garbage and refuse shall be collected, removed and disposed of with such frequency and in such manner as the city council may from time to time establish by regulation.
B. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this chapter, no garbage or refuse shall be moved or hauled away or transported upon the streets or public ways of the city except by the city or its agent and except by authorized persons hauling commercial garbage or refuse as hereinafter provided. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person, except as permitted in this chapter, to haul or remove garbage or refuse in the city.
C. Commercial establishments, public or quasi-public, institutions and establishments creating commercial garbage, may remove commercial garbage themselves or may employ the services of authorized contractors to remove commercial garbage. Authorized garbage haulers must apply for and receive permission to do so from the city recorder. Haulage of refuse must be done in the manner, at such times, and in such vehicles as may be approved for such purposes as the city council may from time to time by regulation provide.
D. Nothing contained in this section shall preclude persons from hauling their own garbage, trash or community waste over the streets and alleys of the city in vehicles and containers approved by a sanitary inspector or such other personnel of the city as the city council may authorize.
E. Nothing in this section shall be construed as eliminating the charge made for garbage service. (1982 Code § 10-412)