(A) The Council may license or authorize by contract one or more independent collectors of garbage, trash and refuse within the City. No license shall be issued to any applicant or contract let to any person for the hauling of garbage, trash and refuse, except in conveyances equipped with watertight, leak- proof bodies provided with tight-fitting covers. All such licensees or contractor shall operate such conveyances with such covers or doors closed at all times except during the actual process of depositing garbage, trash and refuse into or out of the conveyance. All such conveyances shall be cleaned and disinfected at regular intervals of not less than once every week. No person shall operate any such conveyance in such a manner as to spill any of the contents upon the public thoroughfares. Failure to conform to the requirements of this section by any licensee or contractor shall be cause for revocation of the license or cancellation of the contract.
(B) Licenses to operate and engage in the hauling of garbage, trash and refuse within the city shall be issued at the discretion of the council upon payment of a license fee to be established by the City Council by resolution, and presentation of facts indicative of the applicant's ability to properly execute such collection. No person shall engage in the business of collecting garbage, trash and refuse unless licensed as herein provided.
(C) There shall be one licensee granted permission to haul garbage in the City, who shall be the contractor as contemplated by this statute. In addition to the singular privilege of contracting with the City for the removal and disposal of garbage and/or refuse originating from private residences, the contractor shall have the independent authority to contract with various businesses within the City on such basis as said contractor shall find equitable, and shall be solely responsible for the collection of fees from such businesses.
(1985 Code, § 7.06.040) (Ord. 2022-379, passed - -2022)