[Adopted as Ch. 14 of the 2001 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GARBAGE
Wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food; wastes from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
REFUSE
Combustible trash, including, but not limited to, paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches, yard trimmings, wood furniture, bedding; noncombustible trash, including, but not limited to, metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, other mineral waste; street rubbish, including, but not limited to, street sweepings, dirt, leaves, catch-basin dirt, contents of litter receptacles; provided, however, that "refuse" shall not include earth and wastes from building operations, nor shall it include solid wastes resulting from industrial processes and manufacturing operations such as food processing wastes, boiler house cinders, lumber, scraps and shavings.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
No person shall engage in the business as a residential or commercial collector of garbage and refuse unless such person shall have first made application to and secured a license from the City.
B. 
The license fee shall be as set from time to time by the City Council. The fee shall be paid on or before May 1 of each year.
Upon application for a license, the person applying for same shall furnish the City Clerk, along with the application, proof of insurance for liability and property damage, and at that time, they shall file with the Clerk a rate schedule for services to be performed for a residential application.
A. 
The rate schedule shall set forth the type of service to be offered and the price for same, including the size and number of cans per pickup for the charge, the charge for any extra cans, the charge for the bags, the size of the bags and the charge for bundles and size of the bundles. In addition, a rate schedule shall include an unlimited service charge; the schedule shall set forth whether this is once-a-week or twice-a-week pickup. The rate schedule shall also set forth the day or days of each week that the collector shall schedule his pickup within the City.
B. 
The rate schedule, as filed, shall be valid for one year and the licensee shall not be permitted to increase the price on the schedule for a period of one year from the date of filing of the rate schedule. The rate schedule shall be effective upon approval by the City Council.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The firm that handles the 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 refuse 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 refuse, 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 any garbage on any day without having a clean truck and hand containers if containers are used.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
No truck carrying garbage or refuse, or both, shall be parked or be permitted to stand anywhere in the City, except as provided for in § 218-10, any longer than is necessary to pick up containers; provided, however, that the standing of such vehicle made necessary by mechanical trouble, traffic conditions, accident or obedience to the direction of policemen or traffic signals shall not be considered a violation of this article.
A garbage truck or other equipment shall not be washed on City streets or public property and will not be washed where the wastewaters will cause any offensive odors to adjoining property owners.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful to place garbage or refuse in such a manner as to allow the same to be blown by the wind onto the property of other residents.
It shall be unlawful to deposit or permit to fall from any vehicle any garbage, refuse or ashes on any public street or alley in the City, provided that this article shall not be construed to prohibit placing garbage, refuse or ashes in a container complying with the provisions of this article, preparatory to having such material collected and disposed of in the manner provided herein.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The fact that garbage or refuse remains on an occupant's premises in the City in violation of this article shall be prima facie evidence that the occupant of such premises is responsible for the violations of the article occurring.
A. 
A licensee shall designate the location of the yards on which his equipment will be parked while not in use, and the equipment shall not be parked within the City limits unless the designated location shall not, in the opinion of the Code Enforcement Officer, create any nuisance for adjoining property owners.
B. 
The licensee shall have as additional equipment a truck for the disposal of large or unusual items of refuse which cannot be placed in the designated containers and shall have available for such pickups such equipment at least one day each week or on such additional days as may be necessary to satisfy the needs of the public.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Nothing in this article shall be deemed to prevent or regulate the hauling of garbage or refuse from industrial processes, from construction projects or other matter not normally collected on a regular schedule, and haulers of refuse not normally collected in regular collections shall be excused from the requirements of obtaining a collector's license as provided in this article.