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<br /> <br /> <br /> Created: 2025-07-31 14:51:20 [EST] <br /> <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />(Code 1984, § 5.35(3); Code 2003, § 54-67) <br />Division 2. License3 <br />Sec. 5.20.310. Required. <br />It is unlawful for any person to haul garbage or other refuse for hire without a license from the city, or to <br />haul garbage or other refuse from his own residence or business property other than as excepted in this division. <br />(Code 1984, § 5.35(2); Code 2003, § 54-91) <br />Sec. 5.20.320. Vehicles; insurance; limitation on number; rates. <br />(a) Hauler licenses shall be granted only upon the condition that: <br />(1) The licensee has watertight, packer-type vehicles in good condition to prevent loss in transit of liquid or <br />solid cargo; <br />(2) Vehicles are kept clean and as free from offensive odors as possible and not allowed to stand in any <br />street longer than reasonably necessary to collect garbage or refuse; and <br />(3) Vehicles are dumped or unloaded only at the designated sanitary landfill, and strictly in accordance <br />with regulations relating to the landfill. <br />(b) Before a garbage and refuse hauler's license shall be issued, the applicant shall file with the city clerk <br />evidence that he has provided public liability insurance on all vehicles providing for umbrella or all perils <br />coverage in the amount of $1,000,000.00. <br />(c) The council, in the interest of maintaining healthful and sanitary conditions in the city, reserves the right to <br />specify and assign certain areas to all licensees, and to limit the number of licenses issued. <br />(d) Each applicant shall file with the city clerk, before a garbage and refuse hauler's license is issued or renewed, <br />a schedule of proposed rates to be charged by him during the licensed period for which the application is <br />made. The schedule of proposed rates, or a compromise schedule of rates, shall be approved by the council <br />before granting the license. Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a licensee from petitioning the council <br />for review of such rates during the licensed period, and the council may likewise consider such petition and <br />make new rates effective at any time. No licensee shall charge rates in excess of the rates approved by the <br />council. <br />Rates and fees must be filed annually. Haulers must itemize base collection charge, cart rental fees, taxes, <br />environmental fees, fuel surcharges, and any other charges. Rate increases require 60-day written notice to <br />customers and City. Volume-Based Pricing Required. <br />1) All residential garbage service shall utilize volume-based pricing. <br />2) Each licensed hauler shall provide, at minimum: <br /> Small cart (30–35 gallons), <br /> Medium cart (60–65 gallons), and <br /> Large cart (90–95 gallons). <br /> <br />3State law reference(s)—Licensing of solid waste collection, Minn. Stats. § 115A.93. <br />35