In addition to any other requirements under the Code, rules or a permit and its conditions, recycling facilities requiring a permit under this article shall meet the following requirements:
(a) Receptacles for the storage of recyclable materials, any processing equipment and other facility operations shall be located on paved or concrete surfaces which may include asphalt, stone or gravel when deemed appropriate by the commissioner or completely enclosed within a building;
(b) Adequate parking and driveway facilities shall be provided in accordance with the Chicago Zoning Ordinance;
(c) Each facility shall have a sign, clearly visible to the public, which states the name, address and telephone number of the permittee, the type of recyclable materials accepted, and the hours during which the facility shall be open to the public;
(d) Every premises or enclosure, except a completely enclosed building, now or hereafter used as a recycling facility, shall be entirely surrounded by a solid fence eight feet in height which is so constructed as to completely obscure all materials stored or kept within the boundaries thereof, provided that, if the commissioner determines that it would be physically impractical to comply, the commissioner may waive the requirements that all such stored or kept materials must be completely obscured.
(e) In addition to the requirements set forth in subsections (a) through (d), inclusive, of this section, the following requirements shall apply to Class III facilities as defined in Section 11-4-2540:
(1) In addition to any permit required under this Article XX, composting facilities shall obtain, prior to beginning composting operations, at such facility, all applicable permits required under federal, State or local law, including, but not limited to, any applicable Solid Waste Permit or Compost Facility Permit issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Part 807 or Part 831 of Subchapter I of Chapter I(7) of Subtitle G of Title 35 of the Illinois Administrative Code, as amended.
(2) Composting facilities shall meet or otherwise comply with all applicable performance standards for organic waste compost facilities and with all applicable testing procedures and standards for the end-product compost produced by organic waste compost facilities, as set forth in rules issued by the Illinois Pollution Control Board pursuant to authority granted to such Board under subsections (b) and (e) of Section 22.34 of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act.
(3) All organic waste and livestock waste shall, by the end of each operating day, be processed and placed into an enclosed vessel in which air flow and temperature are controlled. For purposes of this item (3), an enclosed vessel may include an anaerobic digestor and its ancillary equipment. Provided, however, that if all of the requirements set forth in paragraphs (19)(B)(i) through (19)(B)(iv), inclusive, of Section 3.330(a) of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act are met, organic waste and livestock waste may, by the end of each operating day, be processed into windrows or other piles if such windrows or other piles are covered in a manner that prevents scavenging by birds and animals and prevents other nuisances.
(4) Composting facilities shall contract with a structural pest control business duly licensed by the State of Illinois to inspect the facility each week for rodents and other vectors, and to take, as often as necessary, rodent and vector abatement measures, including, but not limited to, the use of bait stations or traps to eliminate, reduce and control rodents and other vectors at the facility. The permittee shall maintain on site a written record of all inspections and abatement measures conducted at the permitted facility, including the date and time of such inspections and abatement measures and a detailed description of any abatement measures taken on such date.
(f) Every facility that accepts any small appliance, room air conditioning appliance, motor vehicle air conditioner (M.V.A.C.), or M.V.A.C.-like appliance, as those terms are defined in 40 C.F.R. Part 82, Subpart F, where applicable, shall comply with all requirements of 40 C.F.R. Section 82.156(f) in connection with any such appliance or item, and shall either (i) recover any remaining refrigerant from the appliance or item in accordance with 40 C.F.R. Section 82.156(f), or (ii) verify that the refrigerant has been evacuated from the appliance or item in accordance with 40 C.F.R. Section 82.156(f).
(g) If the recycling facility purchases, accepts or receives from any person any material designated in duly promulgated rules and regulations as a regulated or prohibited material, such recycling facility shall be equipped with sufficient surveillance cameras capable of monitoring all customers and motor vehicles weighing materials at the facility. The surveillance cameras required under this subsection shall be (1) maintained in good working order; (2) operated at all times when the recycling facility is open for business to its customers or the general public; (3) installed at each scale used to weigh materials delivered to the facility; and (4) illuminated in such a manner so as to identify persons and motor vehicles weighing materials at the recycling facility. The recordings made by the required surveillance cameras shall be maintained on-site for at least 30 days after such recording occurs. Upon request by any authorized city official, the permittee shall make such recordings available for inspection by such authorized city official.
(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. 6-9-10, p. 93530, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 7-25-12, p. 31401, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-7-22, p. 54948, Art. III, § 8)