With respect to any person providing residential refuse or commercial or industrial refuse management or residential refuse or commercial or industrial refuse recycling services in any area at the time of its annexation by the city, all such persons shall be subject to the requirements of this chapter. Within 30 days of the effective date of annexation, persons engaging in residential refuse or commercial or industrial refuse management or residential refuse or commercial or industrial refuse recycling services in the annexed area who wish to continue operating after annexation shall apply to the public works director for a permit pursuant to this chapter. [Code 2004 § 9-56.]