§ 102-55. Application for permit.  


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  • (a)

    No solid waste permit shall be issued or renewed except upon a written application available from the solid waste department in a form specified by the county and setting forth such facts as the county may deem appropriate, including but not limited to the following information:

    (1)

    If the applicant is an individual, partnership or proprietorship, the names and addresses of all persons, partners and owners (including corporations) and their respective percentages of ownership in the prospective collector's business in the county; and

    (2)

    If the applicant is a corporation, the name and addresses of the officers and directors thereof; and

    (3)

    Whether each driver of a motor vehicle employed by applicant possesses a valid Georgia drivers license, and whether this license is of the appropriate class and type to permit such driver to operate the vehicle which has been employed by applicant to operate; and

    (4)

    A current certificate or certificates of insurance as evidence of compliance with the insurance requirements specified in this article; and

    (5)

    The contact person employed by applicant for customer service; and

    (6)

    A verified statement that the applicant, if a corporation, is in good standing in the State of Georgia, and that the applicant, if a corporation organized under the laws of any other state, is licensed to do business in the State of Georgia.

    (b)

    All applications or renewal applications and the information or documentation submitted in connection therewith shall be open to the public inspection to the extent required by the Georgia Open Records Law, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., and shall be kept on file a reasonable length of time at the discretion of the solid waste department.

    (c)

    Incomplete applications will be held for 30 days and if still incomplete at that time will be denied. Any solid waste collector who collects or transports solid waste without a valid solid waste permit or having been denied a solid waste permit will be in direct violation of the county solid waste ordinance and subject to penalties as specified in section 102-14.

(Ord. of 10-22-96)