07-28-2025 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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ao N PUBLIC PROTECTION Division 2. License* Sec. 5.20.310. Required. It is unlawful for any person to haul garbage or other refuse for hire without a license from the city, or to haul garbage or other refuse from his own residence or business property other than as excepted in this division. (Code 1984, § 5.35(2); Code 2003, § 54-91) Sec. 5.20.320. Vehicles; insurance; limita- tion on number; rates. (a) Hauler licenses shall be granted only upon the condition that: (1) The licensee has watertight, packer -type vehicles in good condition to prevent loss in transit of liquid or solid cargo; (2) Vehicles are kept clean and as free from offensive odors as possible and not allowed to stand in any street longer than reason- ably necessary to collect garbage or refuse; and (3) Vehicles are dumped or unloaded only at the designated sanitary landfill, and strictly in accordance with regulations relating to the landfill. (b) Before a garbage and refuse hauler's license shall be issued, the applicant shall file with the city clerk evidence that he has provided public liability insurance on all vehicles providing for umbrella or all perils coverage in the amount of $1,000,000.00. (c) The council, in the interest of maintaining healthful and sanitary conditions in the city, reserves the right to specify and assign certain areas to all licensees, and to limit the number of licenses issued. (d) Each applicant shall file with the city clerk, before a garbage and refuse hauler's license is issued or renewed, a schedule of proposed rates to be charged by him during the licensed period for which the application is made. The schedule of proposed rates, or a compromise schedule of rates, shall be approved by the *State law reference —Licensing of solid waste collec- tion, Minn. Stats. § 115A.93. § 5.24.010 council before granting the license. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensee from petitioning the council for review of such rates during the licensed period, and the council may likewise consider such petition and make new rates effective at any time. No licensee shall charge rates in excess of the rates approved by the council. (Code 1984, § 5.35(4); Code 2003, § 54-92) Sec. 5.20.330. Haulers; license period. All licenses for garbage and refuse haulers shall expire on May 31 of each year. Application for renewal of an existing garbage and refuse hauler's license shall be made to the city clerk at least 60 days prior to the expiration date. (Code 2003, § 54-93; Ord. No. 140(2nd series), § 1(5.35(5)), 8-28-1995) CHAPTER 5.24. ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 5.24.010. Maintenance of private property. (a) The owner of every vacant property and the owner and occupant of every occupied property must maintain the property in a neat, clean, and presentable manner free of any junk, debris, refuse, litter, dead trees, or noxious weeds, and remove all other public health or safety hazards from the property. (b) The owner or occupant of every lot or parcel shall regularly cut or otherwise maintain all grass and weeds on the property at a height of not more than eight inches, except this provision shall not apply to the following: (1) Publicly owned parks, trails, or nature areas. (2) Property actively being farmed or used for agricultural purposes in conformance with chapter 6.12. (3) Residential properties over one -acre gross lot size when located in the RR-1A, RR-113, LR-1A, and RS rural residential zoning districts, provided that such properties CD5:29