(a) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the collection of solid waste within the limits of the Village for a consideration for such service, unless licensed or under contract as provided in this chapter.
(b) Any person, firm or corporation desiring to collect solid wastes shall make written application to the Mayor for a license. Such application shall state the name and address of the applicant, the type of customers to be serviced and any other information that may be reasonably required by the Mayor.
(c) The fee for such license shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) per year and the license shall be for a term not exceeding three years.
(d) The Mayor and Council shall have authority to revoke any such license so issued, for fraud, misrepresentation or violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(e) Before any such license shall be issued the applicant shall deposit with the Fiscal Officer an insurance policy covering the driver of such vehicle, which policy shall provide for public liability, death, personal injury and property damage coverage in an amount at least equal to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per person and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) per occurrence. Such insurance policy shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor, Council and Solicitor, shall be kept at all times on deposit by the Fiscal Officer and shall contain among its terms and provisions a stipulation or endorsement that the same shall not be cancelled without ten days notice in writing being first given to the Fiscal Officer. Any contract for residential solid waste hauling shall contain such an insurance requirement.
(Ord. 82-34. Passed 2-7-83.)