(a) The City of Chicago hereby elects to administer and enforce the Illinois Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act.
(b) The provisions of the Illinois Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act, as well as all rules and regulations promulgated and amended from time to time by the Illinois Department of Public Health under authority of that Act, are hereby incorporated into this section and made a part hereof. However, unless the context requires otherwise, any reference in that Act or those rules and regulations to the Illinois Department of Public Health shall instead refer to the Department of Public Health of the City of Chicago, and any reference in that Act to the Illinois Director of Public Health shall instead refer to the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health of the City of Chicago.
(c) The Department of Public Health of the City of Chicago shall take all actions necessary and proper to administer and enforce the Illinois Swimming Pool and Bathing Beach Act and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Department shall impose and collect, on behalf of the City, a license application fee, in the amount specified in Section 6 of the Act, for each application for license renewal; provided that an application submitted by a corporation organized under the General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act of 1986, or an application submitted by the United States, the State of Illinois, or any of their agencies or political subdivisions, shall be exempt from the fee.
(d) Nothing in this section shall affect the requirement for a construction permit issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health under Section 5 of the Act, and nothing in this section shall affect the enforcement of violations of the Act by the State's Attorney or the Attorney General under Sections 21 and 22 of the Act.
(e) If any other provision of this Code, or any provision of any other law, is inconsistent with any provision of the section, the provision of this section shall prevail.
(f) The City Clerk shall furnish to the Illinois Department of Public Health a copy of this ordinance and the names and qualifications of city employees required by the Act.
(Added Coun. J. 12-11-96, p. 36358; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)
Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-275. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-270 as current § 2-112-260.