ARTICLE X. PHOSPHORUS CONTROL (11-4-1610 et seq.)

11-4-1610 Definitions.

   Definitions relating to Article X will be found in Article I, Section 11-4-120.

(Prior code § 17-7.1)

11-4-1620 Labeling of detergents.

   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic detergent or detergent, whether in the form of crystals, powders, flakes, bars, liquids, sprays or any other form, in the City of Chicago from and after February 1, 1971, unless the container, wrapper or other packaging thereof shall be clearly labeled with respect to its polyphosphate builder or phosphorus ingredient content clearly and legibly set forth thereon in terms of percentage of phosphorus by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorus per container, wrapper or other packaging thereof, as well as grams of phosphorus, expressed as elemental phosphorus, per recommended use level.

(Prior code § 17-7.2)

11-4-1630 Limitations on phosphorus content.

   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic detergent or detergent containing more than 8.7 percent of phosphorus by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorus, within the City of Chicago from and after February 1, 1971. It shall also be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic detergent or detergent which contains more than seven grams of phosphorus by weight expressed as elemental phosphorus within the City of Chicago from and after February 1, 1971. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11-4-1630(a), synthetic detergents or detergents manufactured for use in machine dishwashers, dairy equipment, beverage equipment, food processing equipment and industrial cleaning equipment shall not be subject to the limitations herein set forth but are hereby made expressly to the provisions of Section 11-4-1630(b).

   (b)   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic detergent or detergent containing any phosphorus, expressed as elemental phosphorus, including synthetic detergents or detergents manufactured for machine dishwashers, dairy equipment, beverage equipment, food processing equipment and industrial cleaning equipment, within the City of Chicago from and after June 30, 1972.

   (c)   The concentration of phosphorus by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorus in any synthetic detergent or detergent shall be determined by the current applicable method prescribed by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).

(Prior code § 17-7.3)

ARTICLE XI. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE (11-4-1640 et seq.)

11-4-1640 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 7, repealed § 11-4-1640, which pertained to the establishment, membership, appointment, and term of the solid waste management review committee.

11-4-1650 Duties.

   It shall be the duty of the committee* to review information on solid waste, its collection and disposal, preliminary reports, and the city's comprehensive solid waste management plan for managing municipal solid waste generated within the corporate boundaries of the City of Chicago. It shall also be the duty of the committee to make suggestions and propose changes it believes appropriate, consistent with the Illinois Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act, and to conduct at least three public information meetings in various parts of the city concerning the city's comprehensive solid waste management plan.

(Prior code § 17-8.2; Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18322)

* Editor's note – Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 7, repealed § 11-4-1640, which created a solid waste management review committee but did not revise this section accordingly. Future legislation will correct the provision if needed.

11-4-1660 Special permit – Hearing – Findings.

   The commissioner of health shall conduct a public hearing to examine the impact on the community and compliance with the provisions of this chapter if: (1) any waste treatment or disposal facility for which an application to the zoning board of appeals for a special use permit is required under the Chicago Zoning Ordinance; or (2) the expansion or alteration of any such facility previously permitted as a special use for which an application to the zoning board of appeals for the modification of a special use permit is required under the Chicago Zoning Ordinance. Notice of the public hearing and procedures therein shall be as provided in regulations issued by the commissioner. The commissioner shall record the proceedings and consider the matters presented in the hearing in deciding whether to issue the permit required under this chapter for the proposed facility. The commissioner shall also prepare findings based on the matters presented in the hearing and forward the findings to the solid waste management review committee for its consideration.

(Prior code § 17-8.3; Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18322; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10978; Amend Coun. J. 8-3-94, p. 55153; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)