(a) 
All vehicles to be used by a private collector shall be periodically inspected by the city solid waste superintendent or his agent in order to determine whether they are suitable for the collection and transportation of garbage, rubbish and solid waste.
(b) 
Every such vehicle shall be fully enclosed or shall be enclosed at the sides and equipped with a tarpaulin and methods of fastening the same so as to reasonably avoid spilling garbage, rubbish or solid waste, disseminating odors and attracting insects. Every such vehicle shall be kept closed or covered at all times when in use except as may be necessary for loading and unloading purposes.
(c) 
No vehicle used by a private collector shall be painted the same color as vehicles of the city sanitation department, nor have any lettering thereon likely to lead ordinarily observant persons to confuse such vehicle with solid waste department vehicles.
(Ordinance 97-36, sec. 1, adopted 8/26/97; 1957 Code, sec. 7-19)
All garbage, rubbish and solid waste collected by a private collector within the city shall be disposed of by carrying it to a permitted landfill site or other place designated by the city solid waste superintendent, and there unloading it at such place and in such manner as may be directed by the operator of said site.
(Ordinance 97-36, sec. 1, adopted 8/26/97; 1957 Code, sec. 7-20)
(a) 
No person shall collect or transport any garbage, rubbish or solid waste over the streets and alleys of the city without a written permit approved by the city pursuant to this article, with the following exceptions:
(1) 
An owner of property may remove and deliver the owner’s own garbage, rubbish and solid waste to an approved site for disposal.
(2) 
Hazardous, toxic or infectious waste materials that are regulated by state and federal authorities.
(3) 
Liquid waste that is regulated by article 6-10 (transportation and disposal of liquid waste) of the city code.
(4) 
An authorized agent or employee of the city.
(b) 
No such permit shall ever be granted authorizing the collection or transportation of garbage, rubbish, or solid waste from single-family and multifamily residential premises.
(Ordinance 97-36, sec. 1, adopted 8/26/97; 1957 Code, sec. 7-13)
(a) 
Any person desiring a permit to collect, remove and dispose of any garbage, rubbish and solid waste shall make application for such a permit to the city solid waste superintendent. The application for a permit shall set forth the name and address of the applicant; the trade name under which the applicant proposes to do business; the number of vehicles which the applicant desires to operate; the class, size and design of each such vehicle, sufficient to show that the vehicle and body are of sufficient size and standard to accomplish the work to be done; whether or not the applicant or any person with whom he has been associated or employed has any claim or judgment against him of damages resulting from the operation of a vehicle; the nature and character of the service which the applicant proposes to render; the experience the person has had in rendering such service; and a statement of facts showing why the public convenience and necessity requires the granting of such a permit.
(b) 
The city solid waste superintendent shall make or cause to be made such investigation as he may consider necessary in order to determine whether the public convenience and necessity require the granting of a permit to the applicant; whether the vehicles and equipment of the applicant are of sufficient size, type and condition to render the proposed services; whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony or criminal offense related to the duties required for operating a sanitation truck as provided in section 4-1-1 and guidelines adopted by the city manager and on file for public inspection in the office of the city secretary, and whether the applicant has complied with all other requirements set forth in this article.
(c) 
The administrative procedure set forth in section 1-2-5 of the city code shall apply.
(Ordinance 97-36, sec. 1, adopted 8/26/97; Ordinance 2008-03, sec. 4, adopted 2/12/08; 1957 Code, sec. 7-14)
Each application for a private collector’s permit shall be accompanied with the payment of three hundred dollars [and permits] shall expire one year from the date of issuance.
(Ordinance 97-36, sec. 1, adopted 8/26/97; 1957 Code, sec. 7-15)
No person shall be issued a private collector’s permit or do any act for which such a permit is required without having in effect a policy of public liability insurance issued by a company authorized to do business in the state in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for death of or injury to any one person in one accident, three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for death or injury to more than one person in any one accident, and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) property damage, such insurance coverage to be in effect as to each motor vehicle used by such permit holder in the holder’s operations. A certificate evidencing such insurance coverage shall be furnished to the city solid waste superintendent.
(Ordinance 97-36, sec. 1, adopted 8/26/97; 1957 Code, sec. 7-16)
No private collector’s permit issued under the authority of this article shall be transferred to or used by any person other than the one to whom it was issued by the city.
(Ordinance 97-36, sec. 1, adopted 8/26/97; 1957 Code, sec. 7-17)
Any private collector’s permit may be revoked or suspended at any time by the city solid waste superintendent for a violation of any provision of this article, a violation of any other city ordinance, or nonpayment of any money due to the city, or upon the determination of the city solid waste superintendent that any one or more of the prerequisite conditions described in section 13-4-82(b) no longer exist.
(Ordinance 97-36, sec. 1, adopted 8/26/97; 1957 Code, sec. 7-18)