02-23-2026 - Agenda Packet City Council - Work Session

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(2) That all other refuse is hauled in vehicles with leakproof bodies and completely covered or enclosed by canvas or other means or material so as to completely eliminate the possibility of loss of cargo; and (3) That all garbage and other refuse shall be dumped or unloaded only at the designated sanitary landfill. (Code 1984, § 5.35(3); Code 2003, § 54-67) 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; limitation 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 reasonably 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 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) 3State law reference(s)—Licensing of solid waste collection, Minn. Stats. § 115A.93. (Supp. No. 1) Created: 2026-01-20 09:26:46 [EST] Page 3 of 4 23