§ 11-6. Transportation of garbage and refuse; licensees.

(a)

Persons licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall transport garbage or refuse in the city only in covered vehicles having metal, watertight bodies which prevent scattering, dripping or removal of the contents from the vehicle during transit. Permitting garbage or refuse to scatter, drip, fall, spill, blow or otherwise be removed from the licensee's vehicle during transportation of its contents is prohibited and is hereby declared a public nuisance. The body of each such vehicle shall be designed for complete emptying at the disposal site. Each such vehicle shall be maintained in a reasonably clean condition. The council may revoke or suspend the license of the licensee for failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter applicable to his operations.

(b)

Licensees under this chapter may, in the city, use uncovered, powered collection carts or trucks with watertight containers attached thereto (a type which is often used in the garbage-and-refuse-hauling business) to transport garbage and refuse from the containers on public or private premises to the type of covered and licensed vehicles required by this chapter. The annual inspection fee imposed by section 11-3 of this chapter shall also apply to this type of vehicle.

(c)

Licensees under this chapter may collect and transport garbage or refuse in the city only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, licensees may collect and transport garbage or refuse in the city for commercial, industrial or institutional properties between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

(Ord. No. 89-20, § 2, 11-14-89; Ord. No. 97-11, § 1, 6-10-97; Ord. No. 2012-04, § 1, 4-10-12)