The city council may license independent contractors to collect garbage and rubbish within the city. Licenses shall be granted for a period of one year, beginning March 1 and ending the last day of February, upon payment of a fifty dollar ($50.00) annual fee and presentation of facts indicative of ability to properly execute collection. The council may revoke the license or the contract of any independent collector violating any of the provisions of this chapter.
All independent collectors shall provide the number of trucks sufficient to handle any and all garbage and rubbish offered for collection in conformance with the provisions herein contained.
The garbage portion of each conveyance of an independent collector, or private hauler, shall be equipped with watertight, leakproof bodies and provided with tightfitting covers to remain closed at all times except during the actual depositing of garbage into or out of the conveyance. All conveyances shall be cleaned and disinfected at regular intervals of not less than once every two (2) weeks, and shall be provided with adequate covers over the rubbish portion of the conveyance besides those tightfitting covers already mentioned herein. Garbage shall not be collected between the hours of six o'clock (6:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. Independent collectors shall not collect garbage from any single-family or duplex residential dwellings. All garbage collected within the city of Twin Falls shall be deposited at the transfer station at 2186 Orchard Drive East, Twin Falls, Idaho. Failure to conform to the provisions of this section by any licensee or contractor shall be immediate cause for revocation of license and cancellation of contract by the city council. (Ord. 2849, 1-9-2006)