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CHAPTER119:LICENSINGREFUSEHAULERS <br />Section <br /> 119.01 Licensing the collection of refuse, yard waste, recyclables and other waste products <br /> 119.99 Penalty <br />119.01 LICENSING THE COLLECTION OF REFUSE, YARD WASTE, RECYCLABLES AND <br />OTHER WASTE PRODUCTS. <br />(A) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents <br />of the city by licensing the collection and disposal of refuse, yard waste, recyclables and other waste <br />products. <br />(B) License required. No person shall deal in or collect refuse, yard waste, recyclables or any other waste <br />products within the city without first having received a license therefore from the city. <br /> <br />(1) Garbage shall collected in a covered and odor-free truck and disposed of at an approved landfill <br />or waste processing facility as set forth by the appropriate sections of state law and further <br />defined by the rules and regulations of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), other <br />waste materials shall be covered to prevent blowing of materials from the load. <br /> <br />(2) Refuse at commercial properties will be collected a minimum of once per week. <br /> <br />(3) The licensed haulers shall require their customers to contain refuse for pickup in appropriate <br />containers for the type of refuse generated. Commercial customers shall use containers that <br />provide reasonable control of odors, fumes, dust, leakage or other conditions that may jeopardize <br />the public health, safety and welfare of the general public. <br /> <br />(4) Before a license is issued, the applicant shall file evidence with the Administrator showing that <br />the applicant has in effect public liability insurance for the haulerÓs business and for all vehicles <br />in at least the sum of $500,000 for injury of one person, $1,000,000 for the injury of persons in <br />the same accident and $100,000 for property damage. <br /> <br />(5) The license period shall run for the calendar year. The annual license fee shall be established by <br />resolution of the City Council. <br /> <br />Ord. 65, adopted 9/24/1997 <br /> <br />236΋tğŭĻ <br /> <br />