(A) Pursuant to the franchise heretofore granted as advertised, bid and awarded, the exclusive trash and garbage hauler within the city limits shall be that person, or legal entity awarded the franchise for the term of the franchise as set forth by the ordinance awarding such (“franchisee”).
(B) Except as provided in the ordinance awarding the franchise, it shall be a violation for any other waste hauler, person, firm, and/or corporation other than that person, or legal entity, awarded the franchise to enter in and upon the streets and other public ways of the city for the purpose of collecting, hauling away, and/or disposing of garbage, trash, and refuse from all residential dwellings, municipal facilities, and/or and commercial units ("collection") within the city limits. Each act of collection shall constitute a separate and distinct offense subject to penalties.
(C) Each residential property occupied by the owner or anyone with the owner’s consent for a total of seven days during any monthly period shall be responsible for and indebted to the franchisee for the negotiated and agreed monthly charge as set forth in the franchise agreement.
(D) (1) Each commercial property occupied by the owner or anyone with the owner’s consent for a total of seven days during any month shall be responsible for and indebted to the franchisee for the negotiated and agreed monthly charge as set forth in the franchise agreement.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any individual to occupy a dwelling within the corporate boundary of the city who has failed to secure garbage (solid waste refuse) service to the dwelling as required by this chapter.
(Ord. 2017-237, passed 6-26-2017; Ord. 023-029, passed 5-22-2023) Penalty, see § 51.99