§ 11-4. To be collected by city only; subscription to collection service required; providing an exception for certain commercial and industrial customers.

All garbage, waste, trash and refuse within the city shall be collected regularly by the city and no other person shall be allowed to collect the same.

It shall be the duty of each and every owner, or his agent or occupant, of any house, building, flat, apartment, trailer, or tenement in the city where people reside, board or lodge, or where animal or vegetable matter is prepared or served, to subscribe to the garbage and refuse collection and disposal service provided by the city.

Provided, however, commercial and industrial customers utilizing roll-off containers, or customized or special services (i.e., roll-off compacter units) may contract, upon terms and conditions which they may be able to negotiate, for removal of solid waste. The party providing solid waste removal services to those commercial or industrial customers described above shall be required to procure a license from the city for that purpose and otherwise comply with rules and regulations set out by the City of Forrest City while providing solid waste removal services within the City of Forrest City. The party providing the services provided above shall be required to dispose of all solid waste at the West Helena Regional Landfill or as otherwise required by the East Arkansas Solid Waste Authority and shall obtain the necessary permits and licenses as required to comply with all rules, regulations and requirements of the East Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Authority. Any party providing solid waste removal services as described above shall pay a fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per year to the city.

(Ord. No. 1060, § 1, 2-4-64; Ord. No. 1872, § 1, 10-25-12)