§ 62-5. Permit for collection and disposal of refuse.

(a)

Required. No person shall engage in the business of collecting or processing refuse without first obtaining a permit therefore from the director; provided, however, that this subsection shall not be deemed to apply to employees of the holder of any such permit, or to prohibit any person from collection or processing his own refuse.

(b)

Liability insurance. No such permit shall be issued until and unless the applicant therefore, in addition to all other requirements set forth in this chapter, shall file and maintain with the director evidence of a satisfactory public liability insurance policy, covering all operations of such applicant pertaining to such business and all vehicles to be operated in the conduct thereof, in the amount of not less than $50,000.00 for each person injured or killed, and in the amount of not less than $100,000.00 in the event of injury or death of two or more persons in any single accident, and in the amount of not less than $5,000.00 for damage to property. Such policy may be written to allow the first $100.00 of liability for damage to property to be deductible. Should any such policy be cancelled, the director shall be notified of such cancellation by the insurance carrier in writing not less than ten days prior to the effective date of such cancellation, and provisions to that effect shall be incorporated in such policy, which shall also place upon the company writing such policy the duty to give such notice.

(c)

Application. Each applicant for any such permit shall identify the nature of the permit desired, whether to collect, process, transport, or a combination thereof; the nature of refuse to be collected, processed, transported, or a combination thereof; the source of the refuse, whether residential, commercial, or both; the number of refuse hauling vehicles to be operated thereunder; and the precise location of the refuse processing establishment to be used, if any. Each applicant for a permit to collect refuse shall state the intervals at which the applicant proposes to provide collection, and no such permit shall be issued for the regular collection of refuse at intervals greater than once each week.

(d)

Duration; fee; suspension or revocation. The permit required by subsection (a) of this section shall be issued for the period of one calendar year, and each applicant shall pay therefore a fee of $20.00 for each refuse hauling vehicle to be used in such business and for each refuse processing establishment to be operated in such business. Such permit may be suspended or revoked, upon notice and hearing before the director, for violation of any of the provisions of this article. Any permit which shall be issued after June 30 of any calendar year shall be issued upon payment of one-half of the permit fee provided in this subsection, and shall be issued for the remainder of the calendar year of issue.

(Ord. No. 090053, § 1, 2-12-09)

Cross reference

Licenses and miscellaneous business regulations, ch. 40.