The Common Council is hereby empowered and authorized to issue licenses for the term, not to exceed five years, to persons who shall be known as collectors of refuse. The collector shall have the duty and power to provide for the removal and disposal of the garbage and rubbish found in the city under the rules and regulations as herein provided at his or her expense. The Common Council shall have the right to make inspections from time to time of the collection and disposal process, and to set up what rules and regulations they think are necessary to achieve sanitary and desirable process. The collector shall furnish his or her own equipment to carry out his or her duties. The Common Council may determine the number of licenses to be issued. The license shall contain the conditions under which the licensee is to operate.
(Prior Code, § 50.03)