a. No person shall collect any refuse, recyclable materials or green waste from any commercial premises or residential premises within the City, place a refuse bin, container, or other receptacle for refuse at any premises within the City, or collect, transfer, or remove refuse, recyclable materials or green waste within the City, unless that person holds an agreement with the City for such collection or receptacle placement. Each day any person shall collect any refuse from any commercial premises or residential premises within the City, place a refuse bin, container, or other receptacle for refuse at any premises within the City, or collect, transfer, or remove refuse within the City without an agreement with the City for doing so shall constitute a separate offense.

b. The prohibitions in paragraph a. shall not apply to a person who hauls refuse, recyclable materials and green waste generated from that person’s own residence, to a properly licensed landfill, material recovery facility, transfer station, or other facility permitted to accept such material.

c. The prohibitions in paragraph a. shall not apply to any person or entity collecting recyclable material sold or donated to it by the person or entity that generated such recyclable material, provided that if the generator of the recyclable material is required to pay the collector of the recyclable materials any monetary or non-monetary consideration relating in any way, directly or indirectly, to the collection, transportation, transfer, or processing of the recyclable material, or for the lease or use of receptacles, this exclusion shall not apply.

d. The prohibitions in paragraph a. shall not apply to a licensed gardening, landscaping or tree trimming contractor using its own employees and owned equipment and vehicles to remove green waste from a business establishment or residential unit as an incidental part of a comprehensive service offered by such contractor, rather than as a green waste hauling or collection service. All green waste shall be disposed of at a properly licensed landfill, material recovery facility, transfer station, or other facility permitted to accept such material. (Ord. #2011-153)