The firm for the handling of collection of trash shall be of good character and give evidence that the equipment used by him is adequate for the purposes intended. The successful firm shall have a truck or trucks which shall be so designed that garbage and rubbish that is collected will be covered at all times or placed in containers that will be covered at all times, except in the loading of garbage or rubbish, so that offensive odors are not permitted to permeate the air and cause a nuisance within the city. The trucks and all containers in which garbage is collected and transported shall be cleaned daily and the collector shall not collect garbage on any day without having a clean truck and hand containers, if containers are used.
(1993 Code, § 16-1-6) Penalty, see § 16-1-15