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A. After obtaining a transporter permit, a transporter may place recycling cart or container at any lawful location within the City. Within 30 days after placing a recycling cart or container, the transporter shall notify the Public Works Department in writing of the address and location of each cart or container and shall pay a location registration fee in the amount of $100.00 per cart or container and per location. A recycling cart or container placed in a registered location may be removed or replaced with a different cart or container at the transporter’s discretion.

B. The transporter shall clearly identify all of its recycling collection carts or containers including compactors, by displaying the transporter’s name and telephone number prominently and conspicuously on at least the portion of the container that is visible when the container is being used to store materials. The transporter shall mark every cart, container or receptacle of any size intended for the collection of recyclables using an identification system that gives each container a unique number or number/letter combination to enable tracking the location of carts and containers that are found placed in a public right-of-way.

C. Registration of a location for placing a recyclables cart or container and payment of the fee therefor shall authorize the transporter to have a cart or container in that location for one year, beginning January 1st and ending December 31st of the calendar year for which the location fee was paid and the permit issued. A cart or container location registration must be renewed each year thereafter and a renewal fee of $100.00 must be paid in order to renew the location registration. The registration or renewal fee must be paid in full for the year in which the location is registered regardless of when during the year the fee is paid or the location registered. Cart or container location registration fees are not transferable to a new location or to a different business entity, but must be paid for each location at which a cart or container is placed and for each distinct entity that places a cart or container.

D. Any business that places or maintains a recyclables cart, container or receptacle of any size within the City of Lakewood without first obtaining a transporter’s permit and registering the location with the City Public Works Department and paying the application registration or renewal fee shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $500.00 per day. [Ord. 436 § 4, 2007; Ord. 337 § 8, 2004.]