This article shall regulate and control those firms, corporations, businesses, partnerships, associations, and others who wish to collect garbage and refuse, and haul or otherwise dispose of such refuse or garbage, and otherwise engage in the garbage collecting or refuse business within the Village of Dwight, and to use the public streets, alleyways, and public ways to pursue such activities within the Village of Dwight.
[Adopted as Ch. 12, Art. V, of the 1999 Code]
Any entity (defined as any person, partnership, corporation, association, firm, business, or other) wishing to engage in the business of the collecting and/or hauling of garbage within the Village of Dwight and wishing to use the public streets, alleys, public ways and/or public easements within the Village of Dwight must file with the Village Clerk an application which shall be in the form of a letter, setting forth the applicant's name, address and telephone number, and listing all motorized equipment to be used within the Village, owners' names and addresses (if different from the applicant), and shall pay a license fee of $100 which shall be used for the inspection, control and regulation of such garbage disposal companies or entities within the Village of Dwight.
Any entity wishing to enter into the garbage disposal system within the Village of Dwight shall, in addition to making the application and paying the license fee as set forth above, be required to deposit with the Village Clerk of the Village of Dwight a performance bond, irrevocable letter of credit or cash, subject to approval by the Village Board of Trustees, which shall be renewed annually and which shall be in the sum of 10% of the prior year's gross revenues within the Village of Dwight of such applicant, or if no such prior year's revenues are available, shall be in the sum of 10% of the expected gross revenues of the applicant within the Village of Dwight for the year in which the application is being made, or $1,000 whichever is greater. Such bond shall be renewed annually.
Any entity wishing to engage in the garbage collecting business within the Village of Dwight shall procure liability insurance insuring the activities of the applicant and/or the applicant's employees, agents, independent contractors or others working or operating on behalf of the entity, in a sum not less than $1,000,000 per accident. Said policy is to be reviewed and approved by the Village of Dwight prior to the approval of such application.
All applicants receiving a license hereunder shall abide by the terms and conditions of any franchise granted by the Village of Dwight for garbage pickup and disposal.
All applicants shall be approved or denied approval within 30 days after the application has been submitted to the Village Clerk.
Any entity failing to comply with the provisions of the article shall be subject to a fine as designated in the fine rate schedule per each offense, a separate offense being each day of operation within the Village of Dwight without being granted a license hereunder or violating the terms and conditions of such license.