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All vessels, crafts, floats and motorboats equipped with toilets, heads, urinals or capable of discharging galley wastes which have not been discharged through a grease trap or grease interceptor, or solid or liquid waste from shipboard hospital facilities, shall be equipped with a waste retention tank of approved type and capacity to store such waste material for subsequent disposal at a legally operating shoreside facility.
(Prior code § 17-5.5; Amend Coun. J. 9-4-02, p. 92754, § 1)
Editor's note – Former § 11-4-1440.
Every wharf, dock, pier, seawall, riverbank retaining wall, riverbank bulkhead, dolphin, boom, bulkhead, jetty mooring facility, piling, sheeting or other similar structure on or appurtenant to premises abutting on any waters which has disintegrated, rotted, deteriorated or is otherwise out of repair, or is in unsanitary condition, or in an unsafe or dangerous condition, or which in any manner endangers the health or safety of any person or persons or which in any manner endangers navigation is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(Prior code § 17-5.7; Amend Coun. J. 9-4-02, p. 92754, § 1)
Editor's note – Former § 11-4-1460.
No person being a manufacturer of gas, or engaged about the manufacture thereof, shall throw, deposit or allow to run, or permit to be thrown or deposited into any waters, or into any sewer therewith connected, any gas-tar or any refuse matter of or from any gashouse, works or manufactory.
(Prior code § 17-5.9; Amend Coun. J. 9-4-02, p. 92754, § 1)
Editor's note – Former § 11-4-1480.
(a) (1) Violations of Section 11-4-1410, 11-4-1420 or 11-4-1450 shall be punished by a penalty of not less than $1,500.00 and not more than $2,500.00 for the first offense, not less than $2,500.00 nor more than $4,000.00 for the second offense, and not less than $4,000.00 nor more than $10,000.00 for each third and subsequent offense, or may be imprisoned for not more than six months, or may be ordered to perform up to 200 hours of community service, or any combination thereof. Each day that the violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
(2) Violations of Section 11-4-1430 or 11-4-1440 shall be punished by a penalty of $1,000.00 to $2,000.00 for the first offense, $2,000.00 to $4,000.00 for the second offense, and $4,000.00 to $10,000.00 for each third and subsequent offense. Each day that the violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
(b) In addition to any other penalties imposed under this section the registered owner of record of any vehicle who knew or should have known that his or her vehicle was used in violation of Section 11-4-1410 shall be jointly and severally liable with any person operating or in control of the vehicle at the time of the violation.
(c) In addition to any other penalties imposed under this section, the commissioner shall have the authority to issue an emergency or a non-emergency cessation order in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-4-025 of this Code to stop any person from proceeding with any activity regulated under Sections 11-4-1410 through 11-4-1450 when the commissioner has reason to believe that such activity either is proceeding in violation of any provision under those sections or is otherwise in contravention of the public interest.
(d) (1) Emergency abatement. In the event that the commissioner determines that any activity in violation of Section 11-4-1410, 11-4-1420, 11-4-1440 or 11-4-1450 has created, or is creating, an imminent and substantial risk to the public health or safety or to the environment, then the commissioner may issue an emergency abatement order or may abate the nuisance in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-4-025 of this Code.
(2) Non-emergency abatement. In the event that the commissioner determines that any activity in violation of Section 11-4-1410, 11-4-1420, 11-4-1440 or 11-4-1450 has not created, or is not creating, an imminent and substantial risk to the public health or safety or to the environment, the commissioner may provide the owner of the vehicle, the operator of the vehicle or any other person involved in the performance of the subject activity with written notice to abate the nuisance within a time frame prescribed by the commissioner. In the event that any person fails to abate such nuisance in accordance with the commissioner's notice to abate, the commissioner may proceed to control, remove, dispose or otherwise abate the nuisance in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-4-025 of this Code.
(3) In addition any other penalties imposed in this subsection (a), the city shall be entitled to recover a penalty or cost as provided in Section 11-4-025 of this Code.
(f) (1) In addition to any other penalty imposed in this section, the owner of record of any motor vehicle used in violation of Section 11-4-1410 shall be liable to the city for an administrative penalty of $500.00 plus any applicable towing and storage fees. Any such vehicle shall be subject to seizure and impoundment pursuant to this section.
(2) Whenever a police officer has probable cause to believe that a vehicle is subject to seizure and impoundment pursuant to this section, the police officer shall provide for the towing of the vehicle to a facility controlled by the city or its agent. When the vehicle is towed, the police officer shall notify any person identifying himself as the owner of the vehicle or any person who is found to be in control of the vehicle at the time of the alleged violation, if there is such a person, of the fact of the seizure and of the vehicle owner's right to request a preliminary hearing to be conducted under Section 2-14-132 of this Code.
(3) The provisions of Section 2-14-132 shall apply whenever a motor vehicle is seized and impounded pursuant to this section.
(Added Coun. J. 9-4-02, p. 92754, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-3-04, p. 34974, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 12-7-05, p. 64870, § 1.8; Amended Coun. J. 9-27-07, p. 9208, § 1)
ARTICLE IX. SOLID AND LIQUID WASTE CONTROL (11-4-1490 et seq.)
Definitions relating to Article IX will be found in Article I, Section 11-4-120.
(Prior code § 17-6.1)
(a) No solid or liquid waste shall be treated or disposed of within the City of Chicago except in accordance with this chapter. Wastes shall be treated or disposed of in the following manner:
(1) An incinerator or resource recovery facility which meets the air quality standards, operating standards and monitoring requirements established by this chapter may treat municipal waste; provided however, incinerators and resource recovery facilities designed to dispose of or treat special waste or hazardous waste shall operate in conformance with the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq., and the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, 415 ILCS 5/1, et seq.
(2) A liquid waste handling facility which meets the operating standards established by this chapter may dispose of or treat nonnuclear liquid waste; provided, however, liquid waste handling facilities designed to dispose of or treat special or hazardous liquid waste shall operate in conformance with the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, 415 ILCS 5/1, et seq., and applicable federal law and regulations.
(3) A recycling facility may handle any recyclable materials as defined in this chapter.
(4) A sanitary landfill may dispose of or treat municipal waste, or any other waste permitted in a sanitary landfill under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, 415 ILCS 5/1, et seq. No hazardous waste or radioactive waste may be disposed of in a sanitary landfill within the corporate limits of the City of Chicago.
(5) A transfer station may accept waste for sorting and/or consolidation and for further transfer to a waste disposal, treatment, or handling facility.
(b) No persons shall (1) cause or allow the open dumping of any waste, (2) abandon or dispose of any waste upon public property, except in a sanitary landfill approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Commissioner, (3) dispose, treat, abandon or transport any waste, except at a site or facility which meets the requirements of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and which is permitted pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Disposal or treatment of any waste without a permit is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(Prior code § 17-6.2; Added Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433; Amend Coun. J. 1-12-95, p. 65073; Amend Coun. J. 10-11-17, p. 56894, § 2)
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