The following is applicable to all franchisees:
B. No franchisee by contract, express understanding or indirectly, shall, in cooperation with another franchisee, divide, segregate, or apportion any territory within the city for the purpose of restricting competition within a particular territory.
C. No franchisee shall, directly or indirectly, enter into any contract, express understanding, or other transaction with another franchisee for the purpose of fixing customer rates or charges or otherwise maintaining rates or charges at a particular level.
D. No franchisee or any director, officer, partner, joint venturer, sole proprietor, or corporate owner, shall be a controlling shareholder of, be a partner, joint venture, or sole proprietor, owner of any other interest in, or be employed by another franchisee. No franchisee which is owned in whole or in part by a corporation shall be effectively controlled by a person or entity by virtue of that person or entity's ownership of shares in the corporation, if the same person or entity otherwise controls another franchisee. The sole remedy for violation of the provisions of this section shall be revocation or refusal to renew a franchise.
E. Each franchisee shall provide to the solid waste manager such information as the solid waste manager determines is reasonably necessary to facilitate effective administration of the franchise under the provisions of this chapter. Diversion information may be provided consistent with the framework for materials recovery facility (MRF) services and reporting of this chapter.
F. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a franchisee may have an interest in a materials recovery facility (MRF) to provide a reporting service, a solid waste processing service, or a recyclables processing service to another franchisee consistent with the framework for MRF services and reporting of this chapter. (Ord. 2023-0024 § 49; Ord. 2021-0003 § 15)