Woodside Municipal Code § 50.22 Collection times, manner and vehicles

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to collect, transport, or carry garbage, refuse, waste matter, or swill through any street or public place in the Town without a permit from the Health Officer, or such other official as may be designated by the Council, unless such person is an employee or agent of the Town, and is acting within the scope of his/her employment, or has been awarded a contract by the Town as a scavenger, or has been granted a permit to collect swill in the Town.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.06)

(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of collecting swill in the Town, or to haul swill through any street or public place of the Town, unless such person is an agent or employee of the Town, or is the regular scavenger with whom the Town has a contract, or has been duly licensed or franchised as provided in this section. The Council may, by resolution, fix the fees to be charged for the business of collecting swill and for transporting swill through the streets, alleys, or public ways of the Town. All such fees shall be paid to the Town Clerk upon the issuance of the license. Applications for such licenses or franchises shall be made to the Health Officer, or to such other official as may be designated by the Council, who shall have the authority to issue such licenses or franchises. The vehicles used for the transportation of swill and the manner in which the swill is handled, collected, and transported shall be approved by the Health Officer, or such other official as may be designated by the Council. Such licenses or franchises may be revoked by the Council, after a notice in writing to the scavenger given by the Town Clerk by registered United States mail at least ten days before the date fixed for a hearing thereon, for failure to collect and transport swill in the manner and with the vehicles approved by the Health Officer or such other official as may be designated by the Council.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.13) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.99.

(A) Award. The Council may, by resolution, award a contract or franchise for the collection and disposal of garbage, refuse, waste matter, and swill to any person the Council believes best qualified and equipped to perform the work of a scavenger.

(B) Manner of collection and disposal. Such contract shall require the scavenger to collect, remove, and dispose of garbage, refuse, waste matter, and swill in the Town in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and in conformance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Health Officer, or such other official as may be designated by the Council, the Police Chief, and the Fire Chief or Acting Fire Chief.

(C) Compensation. The contract shall fix the compensation to be paid the scavenger therefor.

(D) Bonds; insurance. The contract shall require the scavenger to furnish a surety bond of not less than $300,000.00, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his/her contract, and shall require the scavenger to carry workmen's compensation insurance and property damage and public liability insurance in amounts to be determined by the Council.

(E) Renewal. Such contract shall be subject to renewal, by resolution, if, in the discretion of the Council, time, circumstances, and conditions warrant such renewal.

(F) Exclusive. No license or franchise shall be issued other than to the scavenger named in the contract granted by the Town while any such contract is in effect and as to any services provided for thereby.

(1975 Code, §§ 6-4.07, 6-4.08) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57)

Collections of garbage, refuse, waste matter, and swill shall be made at least once each week; provided, however, such collections may be made at other intervals within such areas as may from time to time be designated in any agreement between the Town and any garbage collector. The contents of all containers shall be transferred by the scavenger into a vehicle provided by the scavenger and approved by the Health Officer, or such other official as may be designated by the Council, as being a satisfactory vehicle for such purpose. It shall be unlawful for the scavenger to spill any of the contents of the containers on stairs, yards, streets, alleyways, or public places. No collection shall be made by the scavenger before 5:30 a.m. of any day.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.09) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57; Am. Ord. 1957-37, effective - -57)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.99.

The scavenger shall have the authority to charge such fees for the collection and disposal of garbage, refuse, waste matter, and swill as may be determined by the Council to be reasonable and to collect such charges, either in advance or otherwise, at such times as may be fixed in the contract provided for in Section 50.21.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.10) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57)

It shall be unlawful for any person in any manner to interfere with the collection or disposal of garbage, refuse, waste matter, or swill by any person authorized by license, franchise, or contract to collect or dispose of the same.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.11) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57)

Cross reference— Penalty, see § 10.99.

Disputes over charges made or as to the character of the services performed in the collection and disposal of garbage, refuse, waste matter, and swill shall be decided by the Health Officer, and his/her decision shall be final.

(1975 Code, § 6-4.12) (Ord. 1957-28, effective - -57)