No person shall engage in the business of receiving, collecting, transporting or disposing of garbage, rubbish, trash or other wastes for hire within the Town of Hamburg without first obtaining a license to do so from the Town Clerk and paying the fees for such licenses as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Town Board.
Applications shall be upon forms supplied by the Town Clerk. At the time of making such application, the applicant must furnish to the Town Clerk a schedule of intended pickup days on the various highways, streets and roads within the Town of Hamburg, the schedule of rates, and charges to be paid by the respective residential customers, together with a list of vehicles to be used by the applicant and the license numbers thereof.
A bond in the sum of $5,000 shall be executed by every person, firm or corporation engaging in refuse collection business within the Town of Hamburg; said bond shall be filed with the Town Clerk before such license shall be issued. Such bond shall be conditioned that the licensee will comply with all the laws, codes, local laws, ordinances and regulations of the State of New York, County of Erie and Town of Hamburg and all lawfully issued orders of the Town Board and that the Town of Hamburg will be indemnified and saved harmless from any and all claims or damages or liabilities caused by or arising out of the failure of the licensee, his agents or employees to comply with applicable statutes, local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or orders. Said bond shall be in such form and contain such sureties as shall be approved by the Town Board or its designated representatives.
Every license issued by the Town Clerk, pursuant to this article, shall be subject to the following conditions and to such other reasonable conditions as may be imposed by the Town Board from time to time:
A. 
Vehicles used by licensed refuse collectors in the collection and transportation of garbage or rubbish or any other kind of waste within the Town of Hamburg shall be enclosed, watertight and compacted units, excepting vehicles used for collection of trash.
B. 
The vehicles used by collectors, and the routes of collection, shall be subject to inspection and reasonable visitation by the Town Building Inspector or duly accredited and authorized agents of the Town Board.
C. 
The licensee shall be required to display a nontransferable sticker or plate on each truck used in the operation showing payment of the license fee. In case of an emergency or breakdown of a licensee's truck, the Town Clerk may authorize any license holder to use an additional truck to replace the one broken down, for a period not to exceed 10 days.
D. 
All licenses issued hereunder shall be valid for a period of 12 months, expiring December 31 of each calendar year after the date of issuance. Each licensee shall pay such annual license fee due on January 1 of each year. In the event equipment is being used subsequent to April 1 of each year, 3/4 of the initial fee shall be payable; and in the event that the equipment is used subsequent to July 1 of each year, the licensee shall pay 1/2 of the initial license fee.
E. 
Violations of any of the foregoing regulations, or any other provisions of this law, shall be cause for revocation of the license of any person to whom a license has been issued. The Town Board shall also have the power to revoke any such license for other cause shown. The Town Board, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, shall have the power to revoke any license heretofore issued for cause shown, after a hearing before said Board, upon five days' written notice, specifying the alleged violation to the license holder, given by certified mail and directed to his principal office at the address filed with the Town Clerk with the licensee's application.
F. 
All trucks must have a minimum liability insurance for personal injury of $100,000 per person and $200,000 per accident; and for property damage, $10,000.
G. 
No collector shall cease or discontinue business in the Town of Hamburg unless 30 days prior written notice has been given to the Town Board, together with proof of publication in the Hamburg Sun and Erie County Independent and the Photo News of said notice to all customers serviced within said town.
H. 
This paragraph shall not be construed to include the sale or lease of such garbage-collection business, a collection route or any part thereof, provided, however, in the event of such sale or lease, the transferor shall notify the Town Clerk, by certified mail, within five days after such transfer, at which time the transferee shall make application, file a bond and comply with all the requirements herein contained within 20 days after such transfer, and upon such failure so to do, the license may be immediately revoked by the Town Clerk as herein provided.
A. 
A license may be refused if the applicant shall have been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony which in the judgment of the Town Clerk renders the applicant an unfit or undesirable person, or if the applicant shall fail to meet and/or demonstrate the ability to meet the requirements of this Part 2 to the satisfaction of the Town Board. Any applicant who has been refused a license by the Town Clerk may appeal to the Town Board, and from such refusal such license may be granted or refused by the Town Board.
B. 
In determining the applicant's guilt of a misdemeanor or felony, the same rules shall apply in cases of corporations where an officer has been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony.