[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of being a waste hauler or to otherwise collect and/or transport any Municipal waste within the City, or to advertise to provide any residential hauling service or any commercial hauling service, without having a valid waste hauler license as required by this chapter.
Further, the City may administer and enforce an exclusive Waste Collection Agreement for waste collection services for single-family dwellings within the City limits and no waste hauler shall be licensed in conflict with an exclusive Waste Collection Agreement.
[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
Each waste hauler license under this chapter shall be effective or renewed for a one-year period which commences on May 1 and expires on April 30 of the following year regardless of when issued.
[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
(A) 
An application for waste hauler license shall be submitted through the City Clerk's Office. Such application form shall include the following information:
1. 
Name, address and telephone number of the applicant;
2. 
Name of the manager of the applicant, if any;
3. 
Proof of valid State of Illinois safety sticker as required by law for each collection vehicle.
(B) 
Any licensee having a valid waste hauler license shall notify the City Clerk's Office in writing within 14 days following a change in any information contained in such licensee's application, including any change in connection with the addition or deletion of any collection vehicle.
(C) 
A new application shall be required to be submitted to the City Clerk's Office no later than April 15 of each year prior to issuance of a renewed waste hauler license under this chapter.
[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
(A) 
Each collection vehicle operating within the City shall be operated and maintained in accordance with all applicable Federal, State and local laws.
(B) 
Each collection vehicle used for the collection or transportation of Municipal waste or landscape waste within the City shall conform to the following requirements:
1. 
Shall have the business name and telephone number clearly visible on both sides of such collection vehicle; and,
2. 
Shall be kept in a neat, clean and sanitary condition, and shall be maintained so as not to become offensive to the sense of smell of a person of ordinary sensibilities; and,
3. 
Shall have and utilize a watertight bed or receptacle and be constructed and operated in such a manner that no portion of the contents conveyed therein shall be scattered or left in or upon any private or public property or any right-of-way.
[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
Any person required to have a waste hauler license under this chapter shall maintain in force and effect general liability insurance, vehicle liability insurance, worker's compensation insurance and unemployment insurance, with insurance companies licensed to do business in the State of Illinois and in such amounts as may be required by law. Upon request of the City Clerk's Office, each such person shall produce evidence of such coverage.
[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to remove or evacuate any Municipal waste from any collection vehicle within the City within a period of 24 hours after the collection or deposit of any such Municipal waste into any such collection vehicle.
[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
(A) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of, transfer, or store Municipal waste or landscape waste in any place within the City unless such location meets the applicable requirements of any Federal, State or local law.
(B) 
Any person required to have a waste hauler license under this chapter shall transport and dispose of all Municipal waste and landscape waste collected within the City to a facility licensed by the IEPA or to such other facility as may be authorized for such purposes by applicable law.
[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
(A) 
Each waste hauler offering to provide commercial hauling service within the City shall be required to offer and provide:
1. 
Basic service for the collection of Municipal waste no less frequently than once every seven calendar days;
(B) 
Each waste hauler offering to provide commercial hauling service within the City shall provide customer service operations to receive requests for services or complaints.
(C) 
Each waste hauler offering to provide commercial hauling service within the City shall be permitted to offer and provide additional levels of collection services, including greater frequencies of collection and additional quantities of collection.
[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
The Mayor may suspend for not more than 30 days a waste hauler license for any one or more violations of this chapter within a twelve-month period prior to any then current violation of this chapter.
[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
(A) 
The Mayor may suspend or revoke a waste hauler license for any one or more of the following reasons:
1. 
Two or more violations of this chapter within a twenty-four-month period prior to the then-current violation of this chapter;
2. 
Two or more suspensions of such waste hauler license for any length of time for any violations of this chapter that occurred within a twenty-four-month period prior to the then-current violation of this chapter; or
3. 
Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained in any application for such waste hauler license or for any commercial vehicle inspection permit required by this chapter.
(B) 
Any waste hauler whose license has been revoked may reapply for a waste hauler license not less than six months following the effective date of any such revocation of any such waste hauler license.
[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
The following shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter:
(A) 
Any person who collects Municipal waste or landscape waste from property owned, managed, leased or occupied by such person and who transports such materials directly to a facility licensed by the IEPA or to such other facility as may be authorized for such purposes by applicable law.
(B) 
Landscape companies and demolition contractors, but not including construction dumpster services.
(C) 
Any person that collects used household appliances as a part of a transaction involving the sale of any household appliances.
[Ord. 2017-869, 11-20-2017, eff. 1-1-2018]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not less than $75 nor more than $750 for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which any violation of this chapter continues.