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use in the regulated recyclable material collection business. Vehicles and <br />containers used in the collection and transportation of regulated recyclable <br />material shall be secure, durable, and easily cleaned. They shall be cleaned <br />as often as necessary to prevent a nuisance and insect breeding and shall be <br />maintained in good repair. Containers used for the collection of Regulated <br />Recyclable Material shall be conspicuously labeled with the collection <br />company's name, shall be serially numbered with distinct numbers displayed at <br />least 4 (four) inches high, and shall has signage affixed, permanently or <br />temporarily, defining what materials are intended or prohibited from being <br />deposited in them. Vehicles shall display, in numbers at least three (3) <br />inches high, the county license number of the licensee and the license <br />sticker issued by the Solid Waste Management Department. <br />4. Issuance of license. <br />A. The Department may issue the applicant a RM license only when it is found <br />that the applicant's facilities, equipment, insurance coverage and <br />proposed operating methods are in compliance with this Ordinance, and the <br />applicable rules of the Department which implement this Ordinance, and <br />that are consistent with it, and that the applicant will perform regulated <br />recyclable material collection and disposal in a manner consistent with <br />this Ordinance. A condition of the RM license shall be that the licensee <br />shall serve every person in such a manner that the RM licensee does not <br />cause the person served to be in violation of this Ordinance. <br />B. If the RM license application does not meet the requirements of this <br />Ordinance, the notification of denial shall state the reasons that the <br />application was denied. If the Department denies a RM license, the <br />applicant may request a hearing with the Department Director. The <br />Department Director shall keep minutes of the hearing, including all <br />documents that are part of the application and all documents submitted at <br />the hearing. Within one week after the hearing the Department Director <br />shall give the applicant written notice of the decision either granting <br />the license or affirming the denial of the license. The applicant may <br />appeal the Department Director's decision to the Orange County Manager by <br />giving written notice of appeal to the County Manager within five (5) <br />working days of receipt of the Department Director's decision. The Manager <br />shall reverse, affirm or remand the decision of the Department Director to <br />the Department Director based on the minutes of the hearing, including all <br />documents that are part of the minutes. If the decision of the Orange <br />County Manager is to reverse the decision of the Department Director, the <br />license is deemed issued. If the Orange County Manager remands~to the <br />Department Director, the remand decision shall direct the matters to be <br />reconsidered by the Department Director on remand. <br />C. A license shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of <br />issuance. <br />5. With each license renewal application, a RM licensee shall, on a timely <br />basis, submit annual reports to the Department containing the following <br />information: <br />A. New and replacement equipment; <br />B. Identity of all equipment no longer in use by licensee that was listed in <br />original application for RM license; <br /> <br />