No person shall engage in the business of operating a recycling facility in the City of Chicago without having first obtained a written recycling facility permit from the Commissioner. Recycling facilities requiring a permit under this section shall comply with this article, the rules promulgated hereunder, the permit and its conditions and any other applicable laws and ordinances. Each permit shall be renewed in accordance with the rules adopted by the Commissioner, but in no case shall the permit be for longer than three years.
No initial recycling facility permit shall be issued for any class of recycling facility set forth in Section 11-4-2540 unless the activity for which a permit under this section is required is a permitted or special use within the zoning district where such facility will be authorized to operate.
If a permittee under this section fails to submit in a timely manner the annual recycling report required under Section 11-4-250 or submits an incomplete annual recycling report, such permittee's permit under this section shall not be renewed by the Department of Public Health until such time that the annual recycling report required under Section 11-4-250 is submitted and is complete.
(Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 10-7-98, p. 78812; Amend Coun. J. 4-9-08, p. 24657, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 2-9-11, p. 112149, § 15; Amend Coun. J. 7-20-16, p. 28694, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 10-27-21, p. 39543, Art. VI, § 2)