Amend Chapter 4, to revise provisions for scheduling of License Renewal of Rubbish/Garbage removal vehicles

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Before any person. may receive a restricted or nonrestricted license, the Department of Code Enforcement must determine where the vehicles will be stored and unloaded, and determine that the proposed licensee's operation will not violate any zoning, environmental, or other ordinances of the City of South Bend. {fj~ License denial, suspension or revocation. The Controller shall have the authority to suspend or revoke such license, or may refuse to issue any such license under this section for any of the causes stated and in accordance with the procedures established in section 4-16. {~j~ Specific violations; penalties and remedies: (1) No vehicle that is subject to the licensing provisions of this section which is partially or totally filled with garbage ortrash-, may be parked and left unattended at anyproperty used as a single-family, two-family, or multifamily dwelling, or on any street abutting such property.. (2) If any vehicle which is subject to the provisions of this section is found in operation upon any public street, highway or alley of the City without displaying its restricted or nonrestricted fieerrse number plate, decal, orother identification in a prominent place so as to be visible at all times, it shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle is being operated in violation of the licensing provisions. If the owner of the vehicle fails to produce a restricted or nonrestricted license duly issued by the City at the request of any member of the Police Department or a Department of Code Enforcement Officer discovering the vehicle, the vehicle shall be impounded. Before the owner may recover possession of iris the impounded vehicle, ire the owner shall provide proof e# ev~ersl~ that he or she is the title holder of the vehicle and shall afsa pay a fine in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300.00, ,and all costs incurred in the impoundment1 a~ storage, and cleaning of the vehicle. (3) If any vehicle which is subject to the licensing provisions of this section is found operating without a covering which is kept completely and securely fastened, except when loading and unloading, it shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle is being operated in violation of the cover provisions of this section. (4) The owner of any Arrp vehicle found in violation of any provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine of three hundred dollars ($300.00), and to the provisions of g~seefiein~ section 16-57 of this Code. ~5,) All fines imposed pursuant to this section shall be processed throuc ha the Ordinance Violations Bureau. LI,~ Length oflicenses: effective dates ofrequirements. All vehicles with licenses issued under this section at the time of passage of this ordinance shall retain valid licenses until May 1 of 2002, and shall have until that date to comply with subsections (b~(2Z(e) or (c~(6~