No person or business entity shall rent or offer for rent any dumpster or other storage container or device without having first obtained a permit from the director of public services and having complied with all the requirements set forth in this article.
(Ord. No. 84-37, § 2, 9-17-84)
The application for a storage device rental permit shall be accompanied by proof of payment of a nonrefundable application fee, in an amount established by resolution of the city council, and of a cleanup and repair deposit in a reasonable sum to be fixed by the director of public services, depending on the apparent risks of the permittee's operation, including such factors as the number and capacities of the storage devices owned by the applicant and rented or offered for rental, and the applicant's record in regard to cleanup and damage to public or private property. The amount to be deposited shall be not less than $300 nor more than $1,000.
The application for a permit pursuant to this article, and any renewal application, shall be also accompanied by proof of Workers' Compensation Insurance in statutory amount and of public liability insurance with limits of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), combined single limits, per occurrence and aggregate, providing primary coverage to the City of Costa Mesa and its elected and appointed boards, officers, and employees as additional insureds and providing for 30 days' advance, written notice to the city prior to cancellation or reduction in coverage.
Failure of a permittee to maintain the insurance coverage required by this section shall constitute grounds for immediate suspension of his permit until proof of appropriate insurance is provided, and repeated or long-continued failure to maintain insurance coverage shall constitute grounds for revocation of his permit.
(Ord. No. 84-37, § 2, 9-17-84)
The application for a storage device rental permit shall be on a form provided by the director of public services and shall contain the following information:
(a) 
The full, true name of the individual or business entity that owns the storage devices and his or its business address and telephone number;
(b) 
The dimensions of the various storage devices owned by the applicant which are rented or available for rental, and the number of such devices of each size;
(c) 
The signature of the applicant, if an individual, or of a general partner or corporate officer of the applicant;
(d) 
The typewritten or printed full name of the person signing the application and his relationship to the applicant, e.g., president, vice-president, general partner, etc., and his residence address and telephone number.
(Ord. No. 84-37, § 2, 9-17-84)
Any permit issued pursuant to this article shall expire on the same date as the permittee's current Costa Mesa Business Tax Registration Certificate, unless sooner revoked. The permit may be renewed upon filing of a new application and payment of a new application fee. The deposit may be carried over from the prior permit term. The director of public services may require an increase in the amount of the deposit if the number or size of the applicant's storage devices has increased or because of other changed circumstances, or if, in the opinion of the director, the applicant's storage devices has increased or because of other changed circumstances, or if, in the opinion of the director, the applicant's record regarding cleanup and repair justifies increasing the deposit requirement.
(Ord. No. 84-37, § 2, 9-17-84)
In the event that the permittee fails to leave the area where his storage device was placed as clean and in as good condition when his storage device is removed as before it was placed, or if damage is caused to public or private property by the delivery, placement, maintenance, use or removal of his storage device and is not repaired by the permittee or at his instance and expense, the director of public services may direct that the necessary cleanup or repair work, or both, be done and that all costs incurred be deducted from the permittee's deposit. In order to maintain the permit in effect, the permittee will then be required to deposit a further sum of money in order to maintain the total deposit at the original level, or at such increased level as the director of public services may deem justified by the apparent risks of the permittee's operation, in light of all circumstances then known to him.
The director of public services shall establish procedures to provide the permittee notice and an opportunity to be heard before any work which is to be paid for by a deduction from the permittee's deposit is performed or authorized, except that when immediate action is required to prevent injury to persons or property, the procedures shall provide for notice to the permittee and an opportunity to be heard as soon as reasonably possible after the work is performed or undertaken.
In the event that the cost of any reasonably necessary cleanup or repairs exceeds the amount on deposit, all such excess cost shall be due and payable to the City of Costa Mesa by the permittee, upon demand by the director of public services, and shall constitute a debt to the city.
(Ord. No. 84-37, § 2, 9-17-84)
Any business entity or individual lawfully engaged in the rental of storage containers or devices prior to the effective date of this article shall be required to apply for a permit pursuant to this article within 60 days of the effective date hereof and may continue to do business under the terms of this Code prior to its amendment by this article, until action has been taken by the city on the application, and the decision has become final.
(Ord. No. 84-37, § 2, 9-17-84)
Any permit issued pursuant to this article may be revoked by the director of public services for violation by the permittee of any of the provisions of this article or of any federal, state or local law related to the business activity covered by the permit. Prior to any revocation, the director of public services or his designee shall mail written notice to the permittee of the specific, factual grounds for revocation and of the fact that the permittee may submit written material in opposition to the proposed revocation and may request a hearing by presenting such materials or written request for hearing or both, to the director of public services or any city employee authorized by the director of public services to receive such documents, provided that the documents are received by a date which shall be stated in the notice and which shall be not less than 10 days from the date on which the notice to the permittee is deposited in the mail.
A decision of the director of public services or his designee to revoke a permit shall be final, for purposes of appeal to the city council, on the date that written notice thereof is sent by mail to the permittee or personally delivered to him.
(Ord. No. 84-37, § 2, 9-17-84)