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The owner and/or operator of a reprocessable construction material facility shall comply with the following requirements:
(A) All facilities shall keep permits on the premises at all times. Permits should be posted in a prominent location and available at all times for review by employees or agents of the department of health.
(B) No owner and/or operator of a reprocessable construction/demolition material facility shall receive, reprocess, remove or transport any construction material or debris between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless a waiver is granted by the commissioner.
(C) The owner and/or operator shall undertake all necessary steps to ensure that a facility is secure from unauthorized entry, sufficiently screened from the surrounding area and adequately lighted after dark. If the commissioner deems the measures undertaken by an owner and/or operator pursuant to this subparagraph (C) to be inadequate, the commissioner may require that additional steps be taken to bring the facility into compliance.
(D) At no point within the reprocessable construction/demolition material facility shall the height of reprocessable or reprocessed material and other materials brought on the site exceed 30 feet. The commissioner may, upon written application by an owner and/or operator, grant variances to this requirement.
(E) Each reprocessable construction/demolition material facility shall employ measures and/or devices approved by the department of health to prevent the emission of dust and to keep the streets, sidewalks and sewers adjacent to the facility free and clear at all times of all material and debris transported to or from, or maintained or stored within, the facility.
(F) At no point shall any portion of the facility site be excavated for the purpose of storing reprocessed material, reprocessable material or incidental debris.
(G) Each facility shall conform to the noise standards established by Chapter 8-32 of the Municipal Code of Chicago.
(H) Reprocessable material and incidental debris received at the facility shall be handled as follows:
(1) Reprocessable construction/demolition material shall be separated from and kept separate from any other waste as defined in this Chapter 11-4 of the Municipal Code of Chicago.
(2) Reprocessable construction/demolition material shall be handled, stored, transported and reused in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
(3) Incidental debris received at the facility shall be separated from reprocessable construction / demolition material and shall be removed from the facility as soon as possible, but not later than 14 days after such debris was delivered to the facility, and shall be disposed of in accordance with the applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
(4) No waste, garbage or refuse except reprocessable material and incidental debris may be received or stored at a facility at any time.
(5) The amount of incidental debris contained in any of reprocessable material received at a facility shall not exceed 20 percent of the total volume of materials on-site.
(6) The maximum amounts of reprocessable construction/demolition material and incidental debris that an owner and/or operator may maintain or store at a facility may be prescribed by the commissioner in rules and regulations.
(7) The owner and/or operator shall be responsible for the proper transport and disposal of all waste stored, dumped or abandoned at the site.
(I) The owner and operator of a facility shall ensure that all reprocessable material and incidental debris transported to or removed from the site shall be managed in a way to prevent release of materials into the environment.
(J) The trucks and other vehicles used in the operation at the facility shall comply with the City of Chicago's weight limitations and other road requirements.
(Added Coun. J. 6-23-93, p. 34796; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)