Subd. 1. Requirements. Every refuse collection vehicle shall be lettered on the outside so as to identify the licensee. Every vehicle used for hauling garbage shall be covered, leak-proof, durable and of easily cleanable construction. Every vehicle used for hauling refuse shall be sufficiently air tight and so used as to prevent unreasonable quantities of dust, paper or other collected materials to escape. Every vehicle shall be kept clean to prevent nuisances, pollution or insect-breeding and shall be maintained in good repair. Enclosed refuse vehicles shall be confined to public streets, roadways, alleys and to commercial parking lots and shall not be driven upon residential property on driveways unless authorized by the owner. The above provision shall not apply to three-quarter ton (or less) pickup trucks used as auxiliary vehicles engaged in picking up refuse and placing it in enclosed vehicles. The pickup trucks shall not be filled to the height that refuse spills therefrom; any refuse spilled or dropped shall be immediately picked up.
Subd. 2. Weight restrictions. All collection vehicles shall be subject to the provisions of § 610.09 of this city code.
(1987 Code, § 507.07)