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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 rules 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.
(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; Amend Coun. J. 10-27-21, p. 39543, Art. VI, § 2)
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 Environmental Protection and Energy or that committee designated by the City Council as having jurisdiction over the agreement.
(e) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner 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; Amend Coun. J. 11-26-19, p. 11390, Art. III, § 23; Amend Coun. J. 11-15-23, p. 6542, Art. I, § 23)
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)
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