A. An award of a contract under this chapter shall confer upon the person or entity to whom the contract is awarded the exclusive right to serve as the authorized collector under this chapter during the terms of the contract, to collect, transport, and dispose of solid waste, subject only to such exceptions as are specifically set forth in this chapter, or the City’s contract with the authorized collector. All provisions of this chapter applicable to the authorized collector shall constitute and be part of any contract awarded hereunder.

B. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude an occupant, renter, or owner of property in the City to regularly dispose of their solid waste either personally or through the uncompensated services of another, in either case, at a county-operated disposal facility.

C. No person or entity, other than the collector or persons authorized under subsection B of this section, shall remove paper, glass, cardboard, plastic, used motor oil, ferrous metal, aluminum, or other recyclable materials which have been source separated from solid waste materials and placed at a designated collection location for residential curbside collection for the purposes of collection and recycling. (Ord. 2022-03 § 2, 2022.)