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19. STANDARDS FOR COLLECTION, EOUIPMENT AND NOISE: (a) Equipment and vehicles used by CONTRACTOR, whether owned by or licensed to CONTRACTOR, for the collection and hauling of Solid Waste shall be used so as to assure, in the reasonable opinion of the Executive Director, that adequate standards of collection will be maintained. All loads in CONTRACTOR's vehicles shall be kept completely covered at all times except when material is actually being loaded or unloaded or where the vehicles are on route in the process of collection. The collection equipment must be designed and operated in such a manner as to prevent Solid Waste from escaping the vehicle. Any spillage of materials which occurs during the collection process shall be immediately cleaned up by the CONTRACTOR at its expense. Further, all vehicles used by the CONTRACTOR pursuant to this Agreement which are not owned by the CITY shall be registered by CONTRACTOR with the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of California. The CONTRACTOR's vehicles and equipment shall be subj ect to inspection by the CITY. (b) It is the declared interest of the CITY that the CONTRACTOR be able to provide a variety of sizes of bin and roll -off containers to meet the capacity requirements of commercial and residential bin and roll-off container users. No material shall be permitted to leak, fall or be spilled on CITY streets, alleys or highways. Any such leakage or spills occurring shall be immediately corrected and the area cleaned at the CONTRACTOR's expense. The equipment used must be maintained in good mechanical condition and must employ adequate safety conditions for the operating personnel. (c) All collections shall be made as quietly as possible and no unnecessarily noisy trucks or equipment shall be used. Employees of the CONTRACTOR who are unnecessarily noisy or who violate the provisions of the State Motor Vehicle Code and /or any applicable CITY ordinance in the collection of said materials shall be disciplined pursuant to CONTRACTOR'S performance standards. (d) CONTRACTOR shall equip all Solid Waste collection and Recycling vehicles which collect Solid Waste within the CITY with informational displays. The CITY shall advise CONTRACTOR as to the messages which should be displayed while said vehicles are operating for the CITY. The CITY may, at its option, have the messages to be displayed changed once per year. 20. MAINTENANCE OF BINS AND ROLL -OFF CONTAINERS: (a) Bins and roll -off containers provided by CONTRACTOR shall be of a design and size to contain, at all times, the contents therein in such a manner as to promote best possible housekeeping conditions. Bins and roll -off containers supplied by the CONTRACTOR shall, at all times, be maintained by it in a well -kept appearance and shall be marked with reflectorized material where such bins and /or roll -off containers are or may reasonably be expected to be located in the public right-of-way. Customers shall be responsible for the cleanliness, sanitation and deodorizing of such bins and roll -off containers; provided, however, CONTRACTOR shall provide in its agreements with its Customers for a bin or roll -off container cleaning service, including painting either as needed, at the request of the Customer or at the request of the CITY, for a fee of twenty five ($25.00) dollars. 15 25E -22