1969-008ORDINANCE NO. 69 —8"
DISPOSAL OF WASTE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 60-11., AS
AMENDED OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE,
ILLINOIS, CONCERNING THE ACCUMULATION,,
REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND
LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
Ordinance #60-11, as amended of the Village of Buffalo
Grove, Illinois, be and the same is hereby amended in its
entirety., as follows:
Sec. 1 Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this Ordinance
(a) PERSON: The word "person" shall include owner,
occupant or lessee of any premises, and firm,
corporation, or organization of any kind.
(b) SINGLE-FAMILY UNIT: The term "single-family unit"
as used herein shall mean one or more persons occupying
a premises and living as a single housekeeping unit,
whether or not related to each other by birth, adoption
or marriage, but no unrelated group shall consist of more
than five persons, as distinguished from a group
occupying a duly licensed rooming house or hotel.
(c) WASTE: The word "waste" as used herein, shall
mean any or all of the following: Refuse, ashes,
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tin cans, bottles, cartons, books, newspapers,
boxes and other household trash, discarded house-
hold furniture, furnishings, fixtures and appliances
of all kinds, maniAre,
trees, tree branches, tree roots, tree trunks, brush,
shrubs, grass clippings, plant stalks, leaves, and
all other rubbish of any kind.
(d) PRMAISES : The word "premises" as used herein
shall mean any house, residence building, flat,
apartment dwelling place or place of abode, commercial
or industrial establishment, hotel, church, school,
hospital, club building or meeting hall.
(e) GARBAGE: The word "Garbage" as used herein shall
mean any rejected or wastehousehold food, offal, swill
or carrion, manure, and every accumulation of animal,
fruit or vegetable matter that the preparation, use,
cooking and dealing in, or storage of meats, fish,
fowl, fruits or vegetables, and any other matter of
any nature, which are subject to decay, petrefaction
and the generation of noxious or offensive gasses or
odor, or which during or after decay, may serve as a
breeding or feeding materials for rodents, flies or
other germ carrying insects or animals.
(f) GARBAGE CONTAINER.: The term :Garbage Container"
as used herein shall mean a container with close
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fitting cover of galvanized iron or non - corrodible
metal or material, rodent and fly proof, non-
absorbent, durable and leak- proof, of the type
commonly sold as a garbage can, of a suitable
gauge and construction to insure durability,
with suitable handles on can and lid and of a
capacity of not less than ten (10) gallons and not
more than thirty (30) gallons.
(g) DISPOSAL FIRM: The term "disposal firmtP
as used herein shall mean any person engaged
in the business of removal and disposal of
waste or garbage as defined herein.
(h) DISPOSAL CONTRACTOR: The terra "disposal
contractor" as used herein shall mean any con-
tractor with whom the Village of Buffalo Grove
has contracted for the removal of waste or garbage
from within the Village.
(i) CUST014ER: Any single - family unit or other
premises receiving service from a disposal
contractor or firm.
Sec. 2. Production of Waste or Garbage.
The occupancy of any premises for residential
purposes shall be prima facie evidence that
waste and /or garbage is being produced and
accumulated on such premises.
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Sec. 3. Waste- Garbage - Storage or Accumulation.
(a) Accumulation of Waste or Garbage Prohibited:
No person shall permit any waste or garbage to
accumulate within the Village unless the same shall
be suitably enclosed in covered garbage or waste
containers except as otherwise herein provided.
The same shall be removed from the premises, and
every person shall keep his premises at all times
free and clean of same. Except as herein set forth,
it shall be unlawful to dispose or place any waste,
garbage or any other material, as aforesaid, in any
public place in the Village.
Sec. 4. Garbage Containers Required-Placing and Maintenance:
(a) Every customer in possession of any premises in
the Village shall provide for, and at all tunes
maintain in good order and repair, a sufficient
number of garbage containers for a weekly accumulation
of normal garbage. .Every customer in possession of
any premises shall cause to be deposited in such
garbage containers all garbage produced in or on such
premises as soon as practicable after same is produced,
except as otherwise herein provided.
(b) All garbage containers shall be as previously
defined and no other type of container shall be
acceptable. Filthy, leaking or defective receptacles
shall be cleaned, repaired or replaced by the person
in possession of the premises served, and at his
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expense, as directed by the Village Manager, or
other qualified person. All containers shall be
kept clean and disinfected with an effective anti-
septic solution as often as is necessary to maintain
them in a sanitary condition. Evidence of neglect
of these requirements or unsafe containers shall be
determined by the Village Manager or other qualified
person.
(c) Institutional, apartment, commercial and industrial
waste and /or or garbage containers not mounted on
wheels shall be stored on durable racks, placed on an
easily cleanable impervious surface. The racks shall
raise the waste and /or garbage containers at least
twelve (12) inches off the storage surface. Containers
mounted on wheels shall be specifically designed for
use with collection vehicles. Container's wheels must
elevate base of container a distance of at least six
(6) inches off the storage surface. Storage floor
must have an impervious easily cleanable surface.
Drop box containers which are mechanically raised or
dumped are also permitted for institutional, apartment,
commercial, and industrial use.
(d) Contents of Containers: It shall be the duty of
every customer in possession of any premises to cause
all garbage produced on the premises to be thoroughly
drained of all surplus liquid, securely wrapped or
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bagged in paper or packed in a covered box or
carton of such dimensions as will permit of its free
passage into and out of the garbage container, and
finally deposited, after such wrapping or bagging,
in such garbage container as soon as practicable after
the same is produced thereon. Materials of every
character shall be securely wrapped or bound in such
manner as may be necessary to prevent the scattering
of same, and shall be deposited in a garbage container
or otherwise deposited as prescribed herein.
(e) Except as herein set forth, all waste shall be
placed in suitable containers to prevent the same
from being scattered, spilled or blown away. All
waste, except garbage, of a size or nature which
renders it unsuitable for deposit in waste containers
shall be placed on the ground adjacent to the containers
in neat and orderly bundles or stacks not to exceed
seventy (70) pounds in weight except as otherwise
provided herein.
(f) Location of waste and garbage containers: It shall
be the duty of every person in possession of any
premises in the Village of Buffalo Grove, for which
a waste or garbage container or containers shall be
provided, to place the same at ground level unless in
the case of garbage a sunken type of garbage can is
used and in sight at a location that may be conveniently
and economically serviced; provided, however, it shall
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be the duty of every person in possession of any
single - family unit in the Village of Buffalo Grove
for which waste or garbage container or containers
shall be provided, to place the same in the parkway
at the curbline in front of said unit where it can
be seen from the road on scheduled pick -up days.
Containers, or any other material as set forth herein,
shall be set out not earlier than the night before
collection. Containers shall be removed from the
parkway within twenty four (24) hours after collection.
(g) Inspection: All garbage containers shall be
subject to inspection from time to time.
Sec. 5. Collection and Disposal of Waste and /or Garbage.
(a) All waste and garbage shall be called for and
disposed of by a disposal firm duly licensed by the
Village of Buffalo Grove or a duly licensed Village
disposal contractor, except that building and other
construction contractors may remove waste or garbage
resulting from the performance of work done by such
contractor within the Village, and except trees, tree
branches, tree roots, tree trunks, brush and.shrubs,
and except as herein provided.
(b) No waste or garbage shall be burned, dumped,
scattered or.buried within the Village limits of
the Village of Buffalo Grove.
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(c) Garbage and other combustible wastes may be
disposed of within the building where it is accumulated
or within a closed building accessory thereto situated
on the same premises by complete incineration of such
garbage or waste in such manner as to create no noxious
odors, smoke or other nuisance, or by grinding or by
shredding such waste finely and disposing of it through
pipes leading to a public sanitary sewer, provided
that all garbage or combustible matter so disposed of
in such pipes shall have been ground or shredded to such
a degree that all particles are carried freely under the
flow conditions normally prevailing in the sewers into
which same is deposited.
Sec. 6. Sanitation requirements.
No person shall transport waste or garbage or cause
waste or garbage to be transported, over the streets
or other public ways in the Village unless such waste
being transported over or along the streets of the
Village or other public property thereof except in
a leak -proof compaction type body commonly referred
to as a "packer type" refuse body, approved by the
Village Manager. Such equipment shall be cleaned at
sufficient frequency to prevent nuisance and insect
breeding, shall be maintained in good condition and
repair, and may be stored or kept when not in use in a
tig.tly constructed and closed building or shed within
the Village, provided such building or structure shall
conform with the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance
of the Village. The disposal contractor or disposal
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firm shall immediately clean up any refuse that he
may have caused to spill on private premises, parkways,
streets, alleys or other public places, in a neat and
workmanlike manner and shall replace at his expense,
containers which may be damaged by carelessness of his
employees.
Sec. 7. Village Contractors for Disposal.
The Village may enter into a contract with one or
more licensed disposal firms for the collection of
waste and /or garbage located at single family units.
The Village reserves the right to bill to and collect
from each of said single- family units. it shall be
the purpose of any such contract to provide for the
highest quality and quantity of service at the lowest
economic cost to each class of customers. Among other
things, any contract entered into by the Village with a
contractor for the collection of waste and /or garbage
within the Village shall not exceed five (S) years in
duration, and
(a) Shall provide that the Village reserves the right
to direct the contractor as to where he must or
cannot dump or dispose of the waste or garbage he
collects under contract with the Village.
(b) Shall reserve to the Village the right to receive
and /or have prepared, annual audits of the contractor's
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books of account covering all unit pickups within
the Village at his expense for the purpose of
establishing and maintaining fair rates for each
class of customer and to provide for adequate and
sanitary collection.
(c) Shall reserve to the Village the right to
establish rates and service standards.
(d) Shall require the posting of a performance bond
with adequate surety to carry out the purposes of
the contract.
(e) Shall require that premises serviced by a Village
disposal contractor shall be served no less often
than once each week.
(f) Shall require that a Village disposal contractor
shall have at least one truck operating within the
Village five (5) days per week, except on legal holidays
and Sundays.
Sec. 8. License for Private Pis osal.
(a) No person, except as herein provided, shall
remove waste or garbage from any premises in the Village
or transport waste through the streets, alleys or public
ways of the Village, or in any other manner dispose
of waste or garbage originating in the limits of the
Village, or contract for or permit himself or itself
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to be employed or engaged for any such removal,
transportation or disposal without first having
secured a license for performing such disposal
service from the Village. No more than three (3)
licenses shall be in force at any one time.
(b) Application for an issuance of such license
shall be made to the Village Clerk. The annual
license fee shall be Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
0250.00), payable annually and the license shall
expire on the 30th day of April following its issuance.
Evidence of such license shall be provided by the
Village and displayed on each motor vehicle of licensee
used in the Village.
(c) Every applicant must submit adequate assurances
as to this character, morals and business reputation
for himself and his employees.
(d) Every applicant must submit complete financial
statements and references as to his financial
responsibility.
(e) Every applicant must demonstrate that he has
adequate and sufficient equipment, personal and
financial responsibility to render service to any
customer requesting it and in accordance with the
provisions of this Ordinance.
(f) Every applicant must agree to service not less
than once each week any resident requesting such
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service and paying the established fee. All
institutional, commercial and industrial garbage
shall also be collected not less than once each week.
(9) Every licensee shall carry public liability
insurance in an amount not less than $200,000/$400,,000,,
plus $25,000 of property damage insurance and workman's
compensation for his employees.
(h) No licensee shall dump or otherwise place or
dispose of waste or garbage in violation of the laws
of the State of Illinois or the ordinances of any
municipality.
(i) The President and Board of Trustees of the Village
reserve the right to deny any applicant a license if
any reasonable doubt exists as to the applicant's
reasonable compliance with the provisions of this.
ordinance or any other ordinance provisions of the
Village.
Sec. 9.
Nothing hereinabove contained shall prevent the Village
Manager from experimenting in controlled areas with
the disposal contractor to determine the desireability
of the Village using a "sack" system, as it is commonly
known in the scavenger industry today, of garbage
disposal for single family units, and if deemed desirable,
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recommend to the corporate authorities the passage
of an amendment to this Ordinance.
Sec. 10. Penalties.
(a) Any person who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects
or refuses to comply with, or resists the enforcement
of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense. Each
day that a violation is permitted to exist shall con-
stitute a separate offense.
(b) In the event a disposal firm violates any provisions
of any ordinance of this Village, the Village shall have
the right, in addition to enforcing the penalties other-
wise pr ovided, to revoke the license of such waste
disposal firm.
Sec 11.
All ordinances, or parts thereof, in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Sec. 12. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall be in full free and effect from
and after its passage,approval and publication according
to law.
Ayes � Mayes C2 Absent <f�>
Passed���,�_1969. Approved 1969.
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Attest: ident.
Village Clerk.
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CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS, INC.
A Corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the
State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY That it is the publisher
of Wheeling Herald
That said Wheeling Herald is a secular
newspaper and has been published Tri- weekly in the Village of
Wheeling , County of Cook
and State of Illinois, continuously for more than one year prior to, on and since
the date of the first publication of the notice hereinafter referred to and is of gen-
eral circulation throughout said Village, County and State.
I further certify that Wheeling Herald
is a newspaper as defined in "an Act to revise the law in relation to notices" as
amended by Act approved July 17, 1959 —Ill. Revised Statutes, Chap. 100,
Para. 1 and 5.
That a notice of which the annexed printed slip is a true copy, was published in
said Wheeling_ Harald , on the
2lat day of May , A.D. 196_9_.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, the said PADDOCK PUBLICA-
TIONS, Inc., has caused this certificate to be signed and its corporate seal affix-
ed hereto, by FRANCIS E. STITES, its Secretary, at Arlington Heights, Illinois,
this 21st day of May , A.D. 196.
PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS, INC.
By���� Secretary.
Ordinance No. 69 -8
DISPOSAL OF WASTE
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 60 -11, AS
AMENDED OF THE VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE,
ILLINOIS, CONCERNING THE ACCUMULATION, RE-
MOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESI-
DENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF
BUFFALO GROVE, COOK AND LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
Ordinance No. 60 -11, as amended of the Village of Buffalo
Grove, Illinois, be and the same is hereby amended in its entire-
ty, as follows:
Sec. 1 Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and
enforcement of this Ordinance
(a) PERSON: The word "person" shall include owner, occu-
pant or lessee of any premises, and firm, corporation, or organi-
zation of any kind.
(b) SINGLE - FAMILY UNIT: The term "single- family unit"
as used herein shall mean one or more persons occupying a
premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, whether or not
related to each other by birth, adoption or marriage, but no
unrelated group shall consist of more than five persons, as dis-
tinguished from a group occupying a duly licensed rooming house
or hotel.
(c) WASTE: The word "waste" as used herein, shall mean
any or all of the following: Refuse, ashes, tin cans, bottles, car-
tons, books, newspapers, boxes and other household trash, dis-
carded household furniture, furnishings, fixtures and appliances
of all kinds, trees, tree branches, tree roots, tree trunks, brush,
shrubs, grass clippings, plant stalks, leaves, and all other rubbish
of any kind.
(d) PREMISES: The word "premises" as used herein shall
mean any house, residence building, flat, apartment dwelling
place or place of abode, commercial or industrial establishment,
hotel, church, school, hospital, club, building or meeting hall.
(e) GARBAGE: The word "Garbage" as used herein shall
mean any rejected or wastehousehold food, offal, swill or carrion,
manure, and every accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable
matter that the preparation, use, cooking and dealing in, or stor-
age of meats, fish, fowl, fruits or vegetables, and any other mat -
ter of any nature, which are subject to decay, petrefaction and
'the generation of noxious or offensive gasses or odor, or which
during or after decay, may serve as a breeding or feeding mate-
rials for rodents, flies or other germ carrying insects or animals.
(f) GARBAGE CONTAINER: The term "Garbage Container"
as used herein shall mean a container with close fitting cover of
galvanized iron or non - corrodible metal or material, rodent and
fly proof, non - absorbent, durable and leak - proof, of the type com-
monly sold as a garbage can, of a suitable gauge and construc-
tion to insure durability, with suitable handles on can and lid and
Of a capacity of not less than ten (10) gallons and not more than
thirty (30) gallons.
(g) DISPOSAL FIRM: The term "disposal firm" as used
herein shall mean any person engaged in the business of removal
and disposal of waste or garbage as defined herein.
(h) DISPOSAL CONTRACTOR: The term "disposal con-
tractor" as used herein shall mean any contractor with whom the
Village of Buffalo Grove has contracted for the removal of waste
or garbage from within the Village.
(i) CUSTOMER: Any single - family unit or other premises
receiving service from a disposal contractor or firm.
Sec. 2. Production of Waste or Garbage.
The occupancy of any premises for residential purposes shall
be prima facie evidence that waste and /or garbage is being pro-
duced and accumulated on such premises.
Sec. 3. Waste - Garbage- Storage or Accumulation.
(a) Accumulation of Waste or Garbage Prohibited: No person
shall permit any waste or garbage to accumulate within the Vil-
lage unless the same shall be suitably enclosed in covered gar-
bage or -waste containers except as otherwise herein provided.
The same shall be removed from the premises, and every person
shall keep his premises at all times free and clean of same.
Except as herein set forth, it shall be unlawful to dispose or place
any waste, garbage or any other material, as aforesaid, in any
public place in the Village.
Sec. 4. Garbage Containers Required — Placing and Mainte-
nance:
(a) Every customer in possession of any premises in the
Village shall provide for, and at all times maintain in good order
and repair, a sufficient number of garbage containers for a week-
ly accumulation of normal garbage. Every customer in possession
of any premises shall cause to be deposited in such garbage
containers all garbage produced in or on such premises as soon
as practicable after same is produced, except as otherwise herein
provided.
(b) All garbage containers shall be as previously defined and
defective receptacles shall be cleaned, repaired or replaced b;
the person in possession of the premises served, and at his ex
pense, as directed by the Village Manager, or other qualifie(
person. All containers shall be kept clean and disinfected with ai
L effective antiseptic solution as often as is necessary to maintain
them in a sanitary condition. Evidence of neglect of these re
quirements or unsafe,; containers shall be determined by the Vil
lage Manager or other qualified person.
(c) Institutional, apartment, commercial and industrial wash
and /or or garbage containers not mounted on wheels shall bi
stored on durable racks; placed on an easily cleanable imperviou;
surface. The racks shall raise the waste and /or garbage contain
ers at least twelve (12) inches off the storage surface. Container;
mounted on wheels shall be specifically designed for use witl
collection vehicles. Container's wheels must elevate base of con
tainer a distance of at least six (6) inches off the storage surface
Storage floor must have an impervious easily cleanable surface
Drop box containers which are mechanically raised or dumpec
are also permitted for institutional, apartment, commercial, an(
industrial use.
(d) Contents of Containers: It shall be the duty of every cus•
tomer in possession of any premises to cause all garbage pro•
duced on the premises to be thoroughly drained of all surplus
liquid, securely wrapped or bagged in paper or packed in a cov.
ered box or carton of such dimensions as will permit of its free
passage into and out of the garbage container, and finally depos-
ited, after such wrapping or bagging, in such garbage container
as soon as practicable after the same is produced thereon. Mate-
rials of every character shall be securely wrapped or bound it
such manner as may be necessary to prevent the scattering of
safne, and shall be deposited in a garbage container or otherwise
deposited as prescribed herein.
(e) Except as herein set forth, all waste shall be placed in
suitable containers to prevent the same from being scattered,
spilled or blown away. All waste, except garbage, of a size or
nature which renders it unsuitable for deposit in waste containers
shall be placed on the ground adjacent to the containers in neat
and orderly bundles or stacks not to exceed seventy (70) pounds
in weight except as otherwise provided herein.
(f) Location- of waste and garbage containers: It shall be the
duty of every person in possession'of any premises in the Village
of Buffalo Grove, for which a waste or garbage container or
containers shall be provided, to place the same at ground level
unless in the case of garbage a sunken type of garbage can is
used and in sight at a location that may be conveniently and
economically serviced; provided, however, it shall be the duty of
every person in possession of any single - family unit in the Village
of Buffalo Grove for which waste or garbage container or contain-
ers shall be provided, to place the same in the parkway at the
curbline in front of said unit where it can be seen from the road
on scheduled pick -up days. Containers, or any other material as
set forth herein, shall be set out not earlier, than the night before
collection. Containers shall be removed from the parkway within
twenty four (24) hours after collection.
(g) Inspection: All garbage containers shall be subject to
inspection from time to time.
Sec. 5. Collection and Disposal of Waste and/or Garbage.
(a) All waste and garbage shall be called for and disposed of
by a disposal firm duly licensed by the Village of Buffalo Grove
or a duly licensed Village disposal contractor, except that build-
ing and other construction contractors may remove waste or gar-
bage resulting from the performance of work done by such con-
tractor within the Village, and except trees, tree branches, tree
roots, tree trunks, brush and shrubs, and except as herein pro-
vided.
(b) No waste or garbage shall be burned, dumped, scattered
or buried within the Village limits of the Village of Buffalo Grove.
(c) Garbage and other combustible wastes may be disposed
of within the building where it is accumulated or within a closed
building accessory thereto situated on the same premises by com-
plete incineration of such garbage or waste in such manner as to
create no noxious odors, smoke or other nuisance, or by grinding
or by shredding such waste finely and disposing of it through
pipes leading to a public sanitary sewer, provided that all gar-
bage or combustible matter so disposed of in such pipes shall
have been ground or shredded to such a degree that all particles
are carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in the sewers into which same is deposited.
Sec. 6. Sanitation Requirements.
No person shall transport waste or garbage or cause waste or
garbage to be transported, over the streets or other public ways
in the Village•lidess4tich waste being transported over or along
the streets Of•W-Mage or other public property thereof except
in a >earp, *:f compaction type body commonly referred to as a
"packer type" refuse body, approved by the Village Manager.
Such equipment shall be cleaned at sufficient frequency to pre-
vent nuisance and insect breeding shall be maintained in good
condition and repair, and maybe stored or kept when not in use
in a tightly constructed and closed building or shed within the
Village, provided such building or structure shall conform with
the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance of the Villlage. Th e
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bill to and collect from each of said single- family units. It shall
be the purpose of any such contract to provide for the highest
quality and quantity of service at the lowest economic cost to
each class of customers. Among other things, any contract en-
tered into by the Village with a contractor for the collection of
waste and /or garbage within the Village shall not exceed five (5)
years in duration, and
(a) Shall provide that the Village reserves the right to direct
the contractor as to where he must or cannot dump or dispose of
the waste or garbage he collects under contract with the Village.
(b) Shall reserve to the Village the right to receive and /or �I
have prepared, annual audits +of the contractor's books of account
covering all unit pickups within the Village at his expense for the
purpose of establishing and maintaining fair rates for each class
of customer and to provide for adequate and sanitary collection.
(c) Shall reserve to the Village the right to establish rates
and service standards.
(d) Shall require the posting of a performance bond with
adequate surety to carry out the purposes of the contract.
(e) Shall require that premises serviced by a Village disposal
contractor shall be served no less often than once each week.
(f) Shall require that a Village disposal contractor shall have
at least one truck operating within the Village five (5) days per
week, except on legal holidays and Sundays.
Sec. S. License for Private Disposal.
(a) No person, except as herein provided, shall remove waste
or garbage from any premises in the Village or transport waste
through the streets; alleys or public ways of the Village, or in any
other manner dispose of waste or garbage originating in the lim-
its of the Village, or contract for or permit himself or itself to be
employed or engaged for any such removal, transportation or
disposal without first having secured a license for performing
such disposal service from the Village. No more than three (3)
licenses shall be in force at any one time.
(b) Application for an issuance of such license shall be made
to the Village Clerk. The annual license fee shall be Two Hundred
Fifty Dollars ($250.00), payable annually and the license shall
expire on the 30th day of April following its issuance. Evidence of
such license shall be provided by the Village and displayed on
each motor vehicle of licensee used in the Village.
(c) Every applicant must submit adequate assurances as to
his character, morals and business reputation for himself and his
employees.
(d) Every applicant must submit complete financial state-
ments and references as to his financial -responsibility.
(e) Every applicant must demonstrate that he has adequate
and sufficient equipment, personal and financial responsibility to
render service to any customer requesting it and in accordance
with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(f) Every applicant must agree to service not less than once
each week any resident requesting such service and paying the
established fee. All institutional, commercial and industrial gar-
bage shall also be collected not less than once each week.
(g) Every licensee shall carry public liability insurance in an
amount not less than $200,000/$400,000, plus $25,000 of property
damage insurance and workman's compensation for his employ-
ees.
(h) No licensee shall dump or otherwise place or dispose of
waste or garbage in violation of the laws of the State of Illinois or
the ordinances of any municipality.
W The President and Board of Trustees of the Village re-
serve the right to deny any applicant a license if any reasonable
doubt exists as to the applicant's reasonable compliance with the
provisions of this ordinance or any other ordinance provisions of
the Village.
See. 9.
Nothing hereinabove contained shall prevent the Village Man-
ager from experimenting in controlled areas with the disposal
contractor to determine the desirability of the Village using a
"sack" system, as it is commonly known in the scavenger in-
dustry today, of garbage disposal for single family units, and if
deemed desirable, recommend ,to the corporate authorities the
passage of an amendment to this Ordinance.
Sec. 10. Penalties. , a+ ''
(a) Any person who viol tee; disobeys, omits, neglects or
refuses to comply with, or resists - this: enforcement of .any 'of the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be : fined not less, .thap Ten
Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars (1, '0.00) for
each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to oNisk shall
constitute a separate offense.
(b) In the event a disposal firm violates any provisions of any
3rdinance of this Village, the Village shall have the right, in
addition to enforcing the enalties otherwise provided, to revoke
the license of such waste diisposal firm.
Sec. 11.
All ordinances, or parts thereof, in conflict with the provisions
)f this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Sec. 12. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall be in full free and effect from and after
is passage, approval and publication according to law.
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