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r (c) The city shall collect, or cause to be collected, garbage from al I premises used for residential purposes twice weekly during the entire year. (d) Trash ~nd brush wil I be picked up once per week without additional charge if the city is notified of the~ necessity for such pickup. However, if any citizen desires the city to remove any tree, tree I imb or branch, the citizen shall first cut al I trees, branches and I imbs into lengths not in excess of four (4) feet and that weigh not in excess of seventy-five (75) pounds. The trees, branches and/or limbs shall be placed as near the street or servicable alley as possible. I III. That the present Section 12-10 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of San Marcos, Texas, be amended so that said ,section shal I henceforth read as follows: SECT,ION 12-1'0,;, Disp'osal of small dead animals. Small dead animals shall not be placed in garbage cans. Upon notice, the city wil I make, or cause to be made, special collections in the case of smal I dead animals. Such dead animals shal I be placed in a plastic bag and suitably sealed to prevent fl ies or contribute to other health hazards. IV. That the present Jection 12-12 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of San Marcos, Texas, be deleted and an entirely new section under the same number be substituted therefor, so that said section shal I henceforth read as fol lows: I SECTION 12-12. Private garbage collection--Removal and disposal generally. (a) ~ny person, firm, corporation, or agent, other than authorized city employees, engaged in the removal of garbage or trash from premises, other than his own, within the City limits, shal I, before engaging in such work, obtain a permit to do so from the Tax ~ssessor-Col lector of the City of San Marcos. (b) ~ppl ication shal I be made at the office of the Tax ~ssessor-Col lector and, upon presentation of evidence that the appl icant is covered by I iabil ity insurance with minimum limits of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for property damage, Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for personal injury to each person, and Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) for each accident or occurrence, and a fee of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00), the permit will be issued. (c) The permit will be effective for the calendar year or any part thereof. The person to whom a City of San Marcos Trash and Garbage Hauler permit is issued shall have the permit number displayed upon each vehicle so registered, to facil itate identification of the said vehicle. I (d) ~ny vehicle ~sed in the removal of trash or garbage from premises other than his own within the City I imits of the City of San Marcos shall be of the closed body refuse haul ing