No person, except as provided in division (A) below, shall conduct a refuse transporting, processing, or disposal business, nor conduct a refuse container cleaning business in the county unless such person possesses a valid county refuse hauler’s license issued by the Health Department.
(A) Exceptions. A county refuse hauler’s license shall not be required of a property owner or tenant who may personally remove refuse generated on such single-family property. However, such exception does not relieve the property owner or tenant from complying with the other requirements of this subchapter. Nor shall said license be required of a public or municipal refuse hauling business operating in the county.
(B) Application. Application for a county refuse hauler’s license shall be in writing and in such form as prescribed by the Health Department.
(C) License fee. The annual fee for a county refuse hauler’s license shall be as follows, based upon the number and type of refuse hauling vehicles and the number of container cleaning and/or refuse processing sites operating within the county as set forth in the application for license:
Container cleaning or refuse | $300 per site |
Enclosed packer type vehicle: (Operating one or more days per week) | $225 per vehicle |
Nonpacker vehicle with stationary or roll-off box | $175 per vehicle |
(D) Processing sites. Licenses shall begin on December 1 and shall expire the following November 30. A license shall apply to any vehicle described in the application and to any replacement of such vehicle upon approval of the Health Authority, but a license may not be transferred from one person to another person. A license applying to a site(s) shall not be valid for any other site(s) other than those listed on the application.
(E) Performance standards. The following standards for applicable vehicles, facilities, or equipment shall be met on an ongoing basis by holders or applicants of a county refuse hauler’s license.
(1) Each refuse hauling vehicle shall be in good mechanical condition.
(2) Each refuse hauling vehicle shall be maintained in a safe, clean, and sanitary condition, and shall be constructed, maintained, and operated to prevent spillage of solid waste and/or liquid waste. Each refuse hauling vehicle shall be constructed with a watertight body and cover which shall be an integral part of the vehicle, or under conditions approved by the Health Authority, there shall be a separate cover of suitable material with fasteners designed to secure all sides of the cover to the vehicle. Such cover shall be secured in place whenever the vehicle is transporting refuse. For refuse haulers with a regular collection route, only an enclosed packer type vehicle with exposed loading hopper shall be permitted. No refuse shall be transported in the loading hopper.
(3) Overnight parking of a loaded refuse hauling vehicle on public or private property is prohibited.
(4) A shovel and broom shall be kept on each refuse hauling vehicle for the purpose of cleaning up spillage.
(5) Each refuse hauling vehicle container transported to any location of use shall be properly identified with the operator’s business name and of adequate letter size so as to be distinguishable at a reasonable distance. Letters should not be in any case less than four inches high.
(6) Current lists of customers shall be supplied to the Health Authority upon request.
(7) Licensed refuse haulers must comply with all applicable ordinances and laws of the county and the state regarding the operation of their business.
(8) The license or a photostatic copy of the county refuse hauler’s license must be kept on each vehicle.
(9) Proof of ownership or of lease of a vehicle or vehicles shall be provided at the time of application.
(10) When a complaint is received regarding noise created by the operation of refuse collection vehicles and/or crews, the Health Department Administrator may, upon review of the complaint, set the hours of collection so that the noise does not unduly disturb the neighborhood.
(11) Licensed refuse haulers shall be responsive to legitimate requests from the Health Department for inquiry or action of such refuse haulers regarding collection, payment by customers, and the like.
(F) Issuance of license.
(1) Upon receipt of the required application, the Health Authority shall make an inspection of each vehicle or facility to ascertain whether the applicable performance standards of this section are being met. Each vehicle of the facility shall be inspected at a mutually-agreed upon time and location.
(2) If the Health Authority, after such inspection of equipment and investigation, is satisfied that the applicant has the qualifications or knowledge and equipment to perform the services in a manner not detrimental to public health, and upon payment of the required fee, a license shall be issued to the applicant. Such license shall expire November 30 of each year. The same license number shall be reissued yearly, unless revoked by the Health Department Administrator.
(Prior Code, § 4-5-7) (Ord. passed 4-16-1985; Ord. passed 4-21-1992; Ord. passed 3-21-1995; Ord. passed 12-22-1998; Ord. passed 8-19-2003)