HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 198 - 10/2/1961 - LICENSING OF SCAVENGERSORDINANCE NO. 198
AN CRDIANCE PROVIDING FOR THL LICENSING OF SCAV::NGERS
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINCSD BY the President and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois:
Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the Village of Elk Grove Village be
amended by adding to Chapter 22 of said Code the £0110* -Ting:
"Article XV - Scavengers.
"Section 22.1501. License Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to engage in the business of a scavenger, or the collection or
disposal of animal, human or vegetable refuse or offal without first having
obtained a license therefor. The annual fee for such license shall be Five
hundred 0500) Dollars. All applications for scavenger licenses shall include
a complete fee schedule which the scavenger proposes to charge its customers
during the fiscal year.
"Section 22.1502. Limiting the Number of Licenses to be Issued. The number
of scavenger licenses to be issued shall be limited to five (5) in number. One
of said number shall be for scavenger service for the entire Village; the re-
maining four licenses shall be limited to scavenger service in the industrially
and commercially zoned areas of the Village. The Village Clerk shall designate
the character of the license on the licensing document itself. Sail licenses
shall create n-) vested interest in the licensee and may be renewed or revoked
at the discretion of the President and Board of Trustees at the end of any
licensing period with or without cause. The licensing period for a scavenger
license shall commence on April 1st and end on March 31st of each year, except
that the licensing period for the year 1961-62 shall commence on November 1,
1961 and end on March 31, 1962.
"Section 22.1503. Applications for scavenger license shall be made to the
Village Clerk and shall be referred to the President and Board of Trustees and
no such license shall be issued except upon the order of the President and Board
of Trustees. All applications shall be accompanied by a Surety Bond guaranteeing
adherence by the applicant to all Village ordWnces and regulations, said
bond to be approved by the Village attorney.
"Section 22.1504. Vehicles. Any vehicle used by such scavenger in its business
shall be water tight and equipped with airtight covers for such portions as
are used for the transportation of refuse. It shall be unlawful for any such
vehicle to be driven over or through any street in the Village during or on a
Sunday.
"Section 22.1505. Disposal. It shall be unlawful for any scavenger to dispose
or to store any refuse in any place within the Village limits or within one mile
thereof, excepting with the permission of the President and noard of Trustees.
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"Section 22.1506. Penalty. Any person, firm or corparation violating any
provision of this Article shall be fined not less than One (ql) Dollar nor more
than Two hundred (1200) Dollars for each offense; and a separate offense shall
be deemed committed on each day during or on T,Thich a violation occurs or
continues."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication according to law.
PASSED this 2nd day of October, 1961.
APPROVED this 2nd day of October, 1961.
sr James R. Gibson
President
Attest:
S/ Eleanor G. Turner
Village Clerk
Published this 5th day of October , 1961
in the Elk Grove Herald.
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