(A) Any person, firm or corporation desiring a license to collect garbage from commercial establishments shall make application for the same to the City Administrator upon a form prescribed by the city. The applicant shall set forth the following:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) A list of the equipment which the applicant proposes to use in the collection;
(3) The place or places to which the garbage, rubbish, yard waste and/or recyclable materials is to be hauled; and
(4) The manner in which garbage, rubbish, yard waste and/or recyclable materials is to be disposed of.
(B) Before a commercial license is issued, the applicant shall file with the City Administrator evidence that the applicant has in effect public liability insurance for the hauler's business and for all vehicles in at least the sum of $500,000 for injury of 1 person, $1,000,000 for the injury of 2 or more persons in the same accident and $100,000 for property damages.
(C) When the application is submitted, the applicant shall file with the City Administrator a schedule of proposed rates to be charged during the licensed period. Every licensee shall provide 30-days’ prior written notification to the city and the licensee's customers of any change in rates to be implemented during the licensed period.
(D) Before a commercial license is issued, the applicant shall pay to the city a license fee to be established by resolution of the City Council, which shall accompany the application.
(E) No commercial license issued shall be for a longer period than 1 year and all licenses shall expire on December 31 of each year.
(1987 Code, § 410.08)