O-70-33IORDINANCE NO. 0 -70- 331
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE VII
OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION That Article VII of Chapter 17 of the Municipal
ONE: Code of Deerfield of 1963, as amended, be and
it is hereby further amended by striking said
Article VII in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the
following:
"Article VII. Scavengers
"17.701 License required.) It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of collecting,
removing or disposing of garbage, refuse, garden waste or
miscellaneous waste in the Village of Deerfield without first having
secured a license therefor. The Village may from time to time enter
into a contract with and license a scavenger to provide collection and
removal service to all residential units within the Village for the
price and under the terms and conditions contained in the contract.
In the event the Village so contracts with a scavenger, no more than
one residential scavenger license shall be issued at any one time
and that license shall be issued to the Village's contractor. The
fee for such residential scavenger license shall be as established
from time to time by the board of trustees. Licenses for commercial
and industrial scavengers shall be issued in accordance with and
shall be governed by Article VII of Chapter 17 of the Code. (The
terms garbage, refuse, garden waste and miscellaneous waste shall
be construed and have the same meaning as set forth in Article II
of Chapter 18 of the Code.)
"17.702 Applications.) Applications for commercial and
industrial scavenger licenses shall be made to the village manager
and shall be referred by.him to the president and board of trustees;
no such license shall be issued except on order of the president
and board of trustees. Each application shall be accompanied by
the following:
a) a list of communities presently served by the
applicant
b) satisfactory evidence of the availability to the
applicant for the full license period of a sanitary
landfill site at which all refuse collected in and
removed from the village may be disposed of and
evidence that such landfill is operating in
accordance with all applicable state, county and
local regulations
c) a list of the
service in the
indicating the
each vehicle
equipment to be used to render
event a license is issued
make, year, size and condition
the
of
"17.703 Fees.) The fee for such license or permit shall
be twenty -five dollars per year per truck.
"17.704 Insurance required.) No license shall be issued
under the provisions of this article unless the applicant for such
license has first submitted proof of insurance in the form of a
certificate of insurance issued by an- insurer duly authorized to
issue such policies in the State of Illinois. Such certificates
shall show that the applicant for a license has public liability
insurance covering his operation within the village and Workmen's
Compensation coverage of applicant's employees, shall show the dates
of expiration of such insurance and shall certify that the same shall
not be cancelled without at least ten days' notice to the village
manager. Upon the cancellation or expiration without renewal of such
insurance, the license or permit issued hereunder to the insured shall
be void. Such public liability insurance shall be in the amount of
not less than $300,000 per person injured, not less than $500,000 for
all personal injuries in any one accident, and not less than $50,.000
for property damage in any one accident; Workmen's Compensation
insurance shall be in accordance with state law.
"17.705 Bond.) No scavenger license shall be issued unless
the applicant therefor shall file a performance bond with.sureties
approved by the board of trustees, in the sum of' $5'0000_00
mss, with the village as beneficiary, conditioned upon the
licensee's compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and
regulations and in particular without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the following terms and conditions of the services to be
rendered:
(a) The licensee will have at least one vehicle in operation
in collecting garbage, refuse and waste a minimum of
five days each week except for holidays.
(b) Collection will be made from each commercial and
industrial establishment of all garbage and refuse
properly placed in approved containers in accordance
with the provisions of Article II of Chapter 18 of
this Municipal Code, provided the person so served is
not delinquent in paying proper bills rendered for such
service.
(c) The licensee shall maintain an office with telephone
service in the village to which service complaints by
subscribers may be directed. Such office shall be open
and telephone calls received during the hours from
8 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday of each week.
All complaints shall be given prompt and courteous
attention. Any complaint as to failure of collection
shall be investigated immediately and, if verified,
then a special collection shall be made within 24
hours of the receipt of the complaint.
(d) The licensee shall comply with all ordinances, appli-
cable laws, rules and regulations relating to the
business, and will properly dispose of all garbage and
refuse collected at a duly licensed and operating
sanitary landfill; provided, that the board of trustees
in their discretion may from time to time fix the
maximum fees for such service.
(e) The licensee shall negotiate and contract directly
with owners or tenants of commercial and industrial
establishments for scavenger service to such
establishments.
"17.706 Revocation of License.) The Board of Trustees may,
in the event of repeated violation of the terms and conditions of the
services to be rendered by the licensee, as set forth in Section 17.705
hereof, and after notice to the licensee, revoke such license.
"17.707 Vehicles.) The licensee shall use only modern,
enclosed, leak - proof, packer -type disposal truck bodies for all
commercial and industrial disposal service involving food waste. All
equipment used for the transportation of waste of any kind shall be
watertight and equipped with covers.
"17.708 Disposal.) All garbage, refuse, garden waste and
miscellaneous waste collected in the village shall be removed and
disposed of outside the corporate limits of the village before the
close of business on the day collected.
"17.709 Penalty.) Any person, firm or corporation violating
any provision of this article shall be fined not to exceed $500 for
each offense; a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day
during which or on which a violation occurs or continues."
SECTION That the Village Clerk is hereby directed to
TWO: publish this ordinance in pamphlet form.
SECTION That this Ordinance shall be in full force
THREE: and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication as provided by law.
AYES: FOUR (4)
NAYS: NONE (0)
ABSENT: TWO (2)
PASSED this 17th day of August A.D. , 1970
APPROVED this 17th day of August 'A.D. , 1970
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VILLAGE PRESIDENT
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VILLAGE CLERK