[1961 Code, § 10.5; Ord. 299; Ord. 361; Ord. 499; Ord. 959]
No person, resident of the city, shall remove, transport or convey any garbage, rubbish or swill upon or along any public street, alley or place within the city unless he or she shall hold a contract with the city for the collection and disposal thereof under §§ 51.30 and 51.31 or shall have a valid or existing permit from the county to haul garbage, rubbish or swill, except that the provisions of this section shall not apply to contractors or buildings themselves or their employees only, removing their own debris, rubbish and trash from construction sites, any person holding a valid city business license to engage in the nursery or gardening business or to any person removing shrubbery, grass, tree cuttings and other agricultural debris from any property owned or occupied by the person or any person removing industrial waste or any person removing large or oversized items of rubbish from their premises. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person, other than the city or its contract agent, shall collect, convey, convey over any of the streets or alleys of the city or dispose of any refuse accumulated in the city.
[1961 Code, § 10.12; Ord. 299; Ord. 498]
It shall be the duty of the Health Officer of the city to inspect and supervise all trucks, carts or other vehicles used by the contractor in the collection and disposal of garbage, rubbish or swill and see that the same are kept clean and sanitary and also all places where garbage, rubbish or swill are deposited. The Health Officer shall enforce the provisions of this chapter, inspect any and all premises where garbage, refuse and swill are kept or accumulated for the purpose of determining whether the provisions of this chapter and all health ordinances of the city and health laws of the state are complied with.