(A) Permit Required. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11-4-1935, no reprocessable construction/demolition material shall be sent to, received by, stored at or reprocessed at any location except at a facility properly zoned and for which a permit for a reprocessable construction/demolition material facility has been issued pursuant to this chapter. This section shall not be interpreted as a ban on the disposal of reprocessable construction/demolition material in a properly zoned and permitted sanitary landfill or the receipt and transfer of such material at a properly zoned and permitted waste transfer facility.
(B) Permit Application. Application for a permit for a reprocessable construction/demolition material facility shall be made to the commissioner and shall provide the following information:
(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the applicant;
(2) The telephone number(s) of the owner or operator of the site of the proposed facility;
(3) The address of the facility sought to be licensed;
(4) Payment of the fee as set forth in Section 11-4-1960;
(5) Design of the proposed facility, including buildings, equipment, fencing, ingress and egress, pollution control measures, and routes to and from the facility;
(6) Plan of operation for proposed facility including type and number of reprocessing devices for reprocessing reprocessable material or alternative plan for timely reprocessing of the material;
(7) An "air pollution control permit" for reprocessing devices used for preprocessing reprocessable material issued by the department of health pursuant to this Code;
(8) Copy of certified letter to the alderman within whose ward the facility is proposed to be located, setting forth the intention and nature of use as a reprocessable construction/demolition material facility. An application shall not be considered complete without such copy of the certified letter and in no event shall a permit be issued until 30 days after the date of the certified letter or receipt by commissioner of notice from the alderman that such 30-day period is waived;
(9) Evidence that the facility is located in a district for which a variation in the nature of a special use may be obtained from the zoning board of appeals pursuant to the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, Title 17;
(10) Any further information deemed necessary by the commissioner.
The commissioner shall have 90 days to act upon the application.
(C) No permit for a reprocessable construction/demolition material facility shall be granted by the commissioner unless:
(1) The application for such permit is fully and accurately completed and all zoning and other requirements in subsection (B) hereof are met;
(2) The existence of a facility will not have an adverse effect on traffic flow or parking within the surrounding area;
(3) In the determination of the commissioner, the facility will not have an adverse impact on the public health and safety;
(4) The commissioner determines that the facility has adequate pollution control measures;
(5) The commissioner determines that sufficient on-site space will be available for incidental debris and reprocessable construction/demolition material.
(D) Permit Revocation. The commissioner may revoke the permit of the owner and/or operator of a reprocessable construction/demolition material facility found to be engaging in open dumping or fly dumping or otherwise disposing of construction/demolition material or debris in violation of this chapter or any other provision of the Municipal Code of Chicago.
(Added Coun. J. 6-23-93, p. 34796; Amend Coun. J. 8-3-94, p. 55153; Amend Coun. J. 2-9-11, p. 112149, § 9; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)