(A) No person, business, firm, corporation or similar entity shall engage in the business or act of solid waste hauling or disposal within the corporate limits of the village, including all residential and commercial collectors of garbage and rubbish, unless licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and acting in accordance with the same. The village shall issue no more than five licenses per year for the hauling or disposal of garbage within the village. A license shall be effective from May 1 of any year through and including April 30 of the following year. Beginning on May 1, 2017, the license fee shall be $400 per axle of the largest garbage or waste hauler truck or vehicle to be used by the collector during the license year. Beginning on May 1, 2018, and continuing thereafter, the license fee shall be $500 per axle of the largest garbage or waste hauler truck or vehicle to be used by the collector during the license year. The license fee for applications received after May of any year or before April 30 of any year will not be prorated. The fee shall be paid on or before May 1 of each year or immediately upon issuance of the license if issued after May 1.
(B) The licensure fee shall be utilized by the village as follows:
(1) Two hundred and fifty dollars shall go to the village’s General Fund to pay for the administrative of this chapter; and
(2) The remaining fee shall be dedicated to infrastructure improvements and repairs related to the village’s roads.
(2009 Code, § 16-1-2) (Ord. 12-06, passed 7-9-2012; Ord. 17-05, passed 2-13-2017)