[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:
(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.
