No person may operate any vehicle for the collection of solid waste or recyclables other than a collector who has a valid business license and solid waste collection franchise or permit and who has paid all required license, franchise, permit or other city charges. Each vehicle used by the collector shall have an identification number printed or painted in legible numbers not less than five inches in height in plain sight from four directions.
(Ord. 948 §1, 1994)
Any vehicle utilized for the collection, transportation or disposal of solid waste and/or recyclables shall comply with the following standards:
A. 
Each vehicle shall be constructed and used so that no solid waste, recyclables, oil, grease or other substance will blow, fall or leak out of the vehicle.
B. 
A broom and shovel shall be carried on each vehicle at all times.
C. 
Each vehicle shall comply with all applicable statutes, laws or ordinances of any public agency.
D. 
Each vehicle must be under ten years of age unless specifically authorized in writing by the city manager.
E. 
Routine inspections by the California Highway Patrol shall be conducted annually and certificates for the inspection shall be filed annually with the city manager.
F. 
All vehicles shall at all times be kept clean and sanitary, in good repair and well and uniformly painted to the satisfaction of the city manager.
G. 
Each vehicle shall be equipped with watertight bodies fitted with close-fitting metal covers.
H. 
The collector's name or firm name and telephone number shall be printed or painted in legible letters not less than five inches in height on both sides of all of the collector's vehicles used in the city.
I. 
High intensity fog lamps shall be maintained on any vehicle eighty inches or wider, which shall consist of two red taillamps in addition to the standard taillamps. The fog lamps shall be used when visibility is less than fifty feet.
J. 
All equipment shall be maintained at all times in a manner to prevent unnecessary noise during its operation.
K. 
As the collector replaces existing equipment, the type and make of the new equipment shall be subject to prior approval by the city manager.
(Ord. 948 §1, 1994)
All persons operating solid waste or recyclables collection and transportation equipment shall do so in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances. Such vehicles shall not be operated in a manner which results in undue interference with normal traffic flows. No such vehicle shall be parked or left unattended on the public streets. No such vehicle shall be parked overnight on a public street or thoroughfare in the city.
(Ord. 948 §1, 1994)
Any vehicle used in the collection or transportation of solid waste in the city shall at all times be maintained in accordance with all the standards set forth in Section 13.12.310 of this chapter. The use of a vehicle which fails to comply with each of the standards set forth in Section 13.12.310 is prohibited. A collector shall immediately remove any vehicle from collection service which fails, at any time, to conform to any of the standards recited in Section 13.12.310 and shall not use that vehicle until it is repaired. Should the city manager give notification at any time to a collector that any of the collector's vehicles is not in compliance with the standards of this chapter, the vehicle shall be immediately removed from service by the collector. The vehicle shall not again be utilized in the city until it has been inspected and approved by the city manager. The collector shall maintain its regular collection schedule regardless of the repair of any vehicle.
(Ord. 948 §1, 1994)