(A) The Director of Air Quality Control shall perform duties as may be required of him or her relative to air quality control. He or she shall have control of all matters and things pertaining to the work of the Department and shall supervise the execution of all laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to air pollution, as provided in this chapter.
(B) The Director of Air Quality Control shall also perform the following duties and have the following powers:
(1) Institute complaints against all persons violating any provision of this chapter and refer to the City Attorney all matters which require legal proceedings to prosecute violations of this chapter and compel the prevention and abatement of air pollution or nuisances arising therefrom;
(2) Examine plans for all new buildings and for the alteration of all existing buildings, structures, and equipment, which may cause the issuance of air contaminants, in order to assure that they can comply with the rules and regulations of this chapter;
(3) Examine and approve or disapprove the plans for fuel and refuse burning equipment, process equipment, and control equipment to be installed, constructed, reconstructed, or altered or added to;
(4) Make inspections and tests of existing and newly installed, repaired, constructed, reconstructed, or altered fuel or refuse burning equipment, process equipment, and control equipment;
(5) Investigate complaints of violations of this chapter and make inspections and observations of air pollution conditions. Record the investigations, complaints, inspections, and observations;
(6) Approve or reject applications for permits and administer the issuance of certificates of operation, notices, or other matters required under the provisions of this chapter;
(7) Prepare and place before the Advisory and Appeal Board, for their consideration, proposals for additions or revisions to this chapter or any other regulation pertaining to air pollution abatement;
(8) Encourage voluntary cooperation by persons or affected groups in the preservation and restoration of the purity of the outdoor atmosphere and grant a reasonable time to comply with the provisions of this chapter;
(9) Collect and disseminate information on air quality control;
(10) Work with planning and zoning agencies for the purpose of coordinating activities under provisions of this chapter and foster the best possible management of the air resources;
(11) Cooperate and work with federal, interstate, state, county, district, municipal, and other agencies concerned with air pollution with regard to aerometric studies, abatement programs, public complaints, and other matters to the end that the air resources of the city and the county shall be best conserved and improved;
(12) Recommend needful rules and regulations pertaining to the administration of this chapter;
(13) Issue all permits, certificates, notices, or other matters required under the provisions of this chapter, prepare and maintain adequate records thereof and notify all persons concerned of any decision he or she may render and provide persons with an opportunity to be heard as herein set forth;
(14) Report to the Mayor and the Air Quality Control Advisory and Appeal Board with respect to recommendations for needed additions or revisions of this chapter;
(15) Do any and all acts which may be necessary for the successful prosecution of the purpose of this chapter and any other acts as may be specifically enumerated herein as his or her duties;
(16) Enlist the cooperation of the public in the abatement of air pollution; and
(17) Refer the matters to the municipal Board of Health which may require its attention or assistance.
(Prior Code, § 102.027)