11-4-1530 Compliance with rules and regulations required.

   All sanitary landfills, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, transfer stations, recycling facilities, and facilities that dispose, handle or treat any waste located within the city shall operate in compliance with the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, P.L. 94-580, as amended; the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, P.A. 76-2429, as amended and all other applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

(Prior code § 17-6.5; Added Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433; Amend Coun. J. 1-12-95, p. 65073)

11-4-1540 Reports.

   Owners or operators of sanitary landfills, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, or liquid waste handling facilities in the City of Chicago who are required to file with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency or the Illinois Pollution Control Board any report or plan pursuant to regulation of that authority shall maintain a copy of each report or plan so filed on the premises within the corporate limits of the city. Said reports or plans shall be available to the commissioner or his authorized agent for inspection at all times during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice at other times to insure compliance with this chapter. Owners or operators of sanitary landfills, resource recovery facilities, liquid waste handling facilities and incinerators shall also report monthly, on forms provided by the commissioner, the total volume in cubic yards of incoming waste materials.

(Prior code § 17-6.6; Added Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433)

11-4-1550 Operational requirements.

   Sanitary landfills permitted under this chapter shall comply with the following requirements:

   (A)   Drainage. Sanitary landfills shall be designed and operated to insure proper drainage, to minimize flooding or standing water and to prevent runoff onto adjacent property and run-on onto the facility.

   (B)   Fill. All solid or liquid waste which is disposed of in a sanitary landfill shall be compacted in layers. The layers of compacted material shall not exceed eight feet in height for each lift. Where the trench system of sanitary landfill is used, successive parallel trenches shall be at least 20 feet apart.

   (C)   Cover. All solid or liquid waste disposed of in a sanitary landfill shall be covered by at least six inches of cover daily or more frequently as specified in the permit. Landfilled materials shall be leveled and spread at sufficient intervals to prevent unsightly appearance or rodent harborage and shall have a final cover compacted to a depth of not less than 24 inches upon closure.

   (D)   Grade. The final grade of each sanitary landfill shall be determined by the commissioner, and each permit for a sanitary landfill issued under this chapter shall specify the grade to which the disposal of waste is authorized.

   (E)   Erosion Control. Erosion control measures shall be implemented once the height of a sanitary landfill reaches ten feet above Chicago City Datum.

   (F)   Monitoring. Groundwater monitoring wells, at least two of which shall be located upgrade from the facility and four of which shall be located downgrade from the facility, shall be sampled quarterly. All samples shall be analyzed and shall be consistent with regulations issued under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, P. A. 76-2429. The results of such sampling and analyses shall be sent to the commissioner no later than 45 days after sampling.

   (G)   Liners. Each trench or the entire landfill, if the trench system is not used, shall have a liner installed prior to commencement of operation in order to minimize the potential for migration of leachate from the site.

   (H)   Leachate Collection. A leachate collection system shall also be installed prior to commencement of operation. The leachate shall be analyzed by the owner or operator two times per year, and the analyses submitted to the commissioner. Such analyses shall test for all conventional and toxic pollutants designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Clear Water Act.

(Prior code § 17-6.7; Added Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433)

11-4-1560 Screening requirements.

   All Class III recycling facilities, sanitary landfills, incinerators, resource recovery facilities and liquid waste handling facilities, and transfer stations shall be visually screened from view and shall have buffer zones, as provided in the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, Title 17 .

(Prior code § 17-6.8; Added Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)

 

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11-4-1570 Compliance with other code provisions required.

   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any person receiving a permit hereunder from compliance with any other provisions of the Municipal Code.

(Prior code § 17-6.9; Added Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433)

11-4-1580 Inspections – Jurisdiction.

   Inspections of liquid waste handling facilities, recycling facilities, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, sanitary landfills, and transfer stations shall be under the jurisdiction of the commissioner.

(Prior code § 17-6.10; Amend Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433)

11-4-1585 Person responsible for waste removal.

   (a)   Any owner, occupant, agent, or person in possession or control of any residence or business or lot or unimproved parcel of real estate shall remove or cause to be removed any waste located on any such residence or place of business or lot or real estate, or any portion thereof. Any unremoved waste is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Any owner or other person found in violation of this section shall be punished by a penalty of not less than $750.00 and not more than $5,000.00 for each offense and each day that such a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. This section shall not apply to any governmental entity nor to any owner upon whose lot or parcel such material is permitted to accumulate pursuant to a properly issued license or permit in accordance with zoning provisions of this Code governing special uses in general and heavy manufacturing districts. For purposes of this section, an “agent” of any unimproved lot shall include a person who contracts with the federal government or any of its agencies, including without limitation the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to care for vacant residential real estate.

   (b)   In the event that the Commissioner determines that any activity or condition in violation of the provisions of this section 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, and may require any residence or business or lot or unimproved parcel of real estate to be immediately closed or secured, or may abate the nuisance in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-4-025 of this Code.

   (c)   If the Commissioner determines that any person is violating any of the provisions of this section, but such violation has not created, or is not creating an imminent and substantial risk to the public health or safety or to the environment, then the Commissioner may provide such person with a written order to abate the nuisance within a time frame prescribed by the Commissioner. In the event that any such person fails to abate such nuisance in accordance with the Commissioner's order to abate, then 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.

   (d)   In addition to any other penalties imposed in this article, the City shall be entitled to recover a penalty in the amount up to three times the cost or expense incurred by the City in abating the nuisance in an appropriate action instituted by the Corporation Counsel or in a proceeding initiated by the Commissioner at the Department of Administrative Hearings.

(Added Coun. J. 9-27-07, p. 9208, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-11-17, p. 56894, § 2)