§ 14-16. Licensure of waste haulers or municipal haulers.

(a)

No waste hauler or municipal hauler shall operate in the city without a valid waste hauler or municipal hauler license.

(b)

Waste hauler or municipal hauler licenses shall be issued by the commissioner of finance after review and approval of the waste hauler license application by D.P.W. License application forms shall be provided by the commissioner of D.P.W. or the commissioner of finance. In its review of waste hauler or municipal hauler license applications, D.P.W. shall have the authority to require by letter additional information.

Waste haulers or municipal haulers must provide D.P.W. with customer addresses in the city, vehicles used in the city and dumpster and/or cart locations. The list must be provided to D.P.W. with license applications and must be updated every three (3) months. Such customer list shall specify whether solid waste collection and/or recycling services are provided and the frequency of the collection service. The commissioner of finance may reject the waste hauler or municipal hauler license application of any person if, in the thirty-six (36) month period immediately preceding the date of the application, the commissioner of finance suspended two (2) or more times, with hearing and pursuant to section 14-17 of this article, a waste hauler or municipal hauler license held by the applicant.

(c)

Waste hauler or municipal hauler licenses shall be issued for a period of one year. Licenses shall be valid from January 1 of each year or the later date of issuance through December 31 of each year. No proration of license is provided for. Licenses are not transferable. Waste hauler or municipal hauler license applications must be completed and submitted to the commissioner of finance with the necessary fees by November 1 to ensure no lapse in licensure proceeding the new license year.

(d)

The application forms for a waste hauler or municipal hauler license, including the contents thereof, shall be determined by the commissioner of finance after consultation with D.P.W. Application forms shall be available without charge from the commissioner of D.P.W. or commissioner of finance. The application form attached hereto shall be a model and may be revised by the commissioner of finance as provided hereinabove to meet the requirements of this section.

(e)

The application processing fee shall be one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00).

(f)

Each waste hauler or municipal waste hauler vehicle, roll off or container shall be in the place and manner designated by the commissioner of finance. Each vehicle is required to have a city of Syracuse sticker as outlined in section 14-16B below.

(Gen. Ord. No. 48-2001, 10-22-01; Gen. Ord. No. 43-2014, 10-27-14)