(A) This chapter shall be in effect throughout the city.
(B) This chapter shall be administered by the Board of Sanitary Commissioners through the Manager, or duly authorized agent, of the City Sanitary District. The Board shall:
(1) Receive and institute complaints;
(2) Institute enforcement actions necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter, including the imposition of fines or nuisance clean ups; provided, nothing shall prevent similar enforcement by the City Police Department or city inspectors pursuant to law; and
(3) Be responsible for preparation and execution of public relations and education plans for informing and securing the cooperation of the general public in complying with this chapter and reducing unsanitary garbage and rubbish storage.
(C) The Board is authorized to collect and dispose of all garbage and rubbish within the city.
(D) No person other than the Board shall collect, transport or dispose of garbage or rubbish within the city limits who does not possess a private hauler service agreement issued by the Board. This shall not prohibit any person from transporting his or her own refuse to an approved disposal site in a sanitary manner.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person other than the Board or a private hauler approved by the Board, to remove, displace, uncover or otherwise disturb any refuse container or the contents thereof and placed on location, or to go from place to place for the purpose of collecting refuse, or to act or serve as a private hauler without first obtaining a service agreement therefore as herein provided.
(F) This chapter shall not prohibit collectors of refuse from outside the city from hauling such refuse over city streets provided the collectors comply with the provisions of this chapter and with any other governing law or ordinance.
(Prior Code, § 93.03) (Ord. 62-1999, passed - -) Penalty, see § 52.999