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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 II, § 7, repealed § 11-4-1640, which created a solid waste management review committee but did not revise this section accordingly.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.
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)
ARTICLE XII. ELECTRIC UTILITY FRANCHISE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT (11-4-1680 et seq.)
(a) “City” means the City of Chicago, a municipality of the State of Illinois and a home rule unit of government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, and where consistent with the context, its agencies, divisions, boards, bureaus, officers and employees.
(b) “Licensee” means Commonwealth Edison Company, its successors, assignees and all other persons or entities controlled by Commonwealth Edison Company.
(c) “Agreement” means the electric utility license agreement between the city and the licensee enacted by the city council on ________.
(d) “Committee” means the city council committee on health and environmental protection or that committee designated by the city council as having jurisdiction over the agreement.
(e) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of the department of fleet and facility management.
(f) “Annual basis” means December 1, 1992 and every year thereafter until the termination or expiration of the agreement.
(g) “Compact” means the supplemental agreement authorized by Section ten of the agreement.
(h) “Provide electric energy” shall have the meaning given in Section 1.19 of the agreement.
(Added Coun. J. 11-27-91, p. 10151; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. III, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 199)
Five years from the effective date of the agreement, and on each fifth anniversary of that date throughout the duration of the agreement, the commissioner shall provide a report to the committee on the advisability of (a) convening an adjustment board pursuant to Section 8.8.1 of the agreement for the purpose of seeking changes in the agreement, or (b) terminating the agreement. The report shall contain two sections. The first section shall recite relevant facts, including without limitation changes in laws, public regulations, economic conditions, or in the art or methods of providing electric energy and shall conclude with a recommendation to the committee on the advisability of transmitting a written demand for an adjustment board to consider the need for modification of the agreement or compact as to any issue other than term, municipal compensation, or municipal acquisition. The second section of the report shall recite current conditions in the financial markets, electric service rate levels and structures in comparable cities, and other factors that assist the commissioner in estimating the effect on ratepayers and on the city of terminating the agreement pursuant to Section 3.4(i) of the agreement, and shall conclude with a recommendation as to the advisability of so terminating the agreement. The committee shall vote on a motion to accept this report.
(Added Coun. J. 11-27-91, p. 10151)
Any report, document, record or other relevant information provided by the licensee pursuant to the agreement or compact including but not limited to the annual report required pursuant to Section 8.1 of the agreement, plant report required pursuant to Section 8.4 of the agreement, all filings provided pursuant to Section 8.5 of the agreement, and other enforcement information required under Section 8.6 of the agreement and reports relating to service interruptions provided pursuant to Section 2.2 of the compact shall also be provided by the commissioner to the committee not less than 15 days after such information is received.
(Added Coun. J. 11-27-91, p. 10151)
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