As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, except when the context otherwise indicates:
C&D DEBRIS THAT IS PROCESSED FOR USE AT A LANDFILL: C&D debris that is processed for use as a municipal solid waste landfill unit as alternative daily cover, road building material or drainage structure building material in accordance with the landfill's waste disposal permit issued by the Illinois environmental protection agency.
CONSTRUCTION: All on site work done in building new structures or additions to structures from land clearance to completion, including, without limitation, excavation, erection, and the assembly and installation of components and equipment.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS OR C&D DEBRIS: Nonhazardous, uncontaminated materials resulting from the construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition of buildings and structures, limited to the following: bricks, concrete, and other masonry materials; soil; rock; wood, including nonhazardous painted, treated and coated wood and wood products; wall coverings; plaster; drywall; plumbing fixtures; nonasbestos insulation; roofing shingles and other roof coverings; reclaimed or other asphalt pavement; glass; plastics that are not sealed in a manner that conceals waste; electrical wiring and components containing no hazardous substances; and corrugated cardboard, piping or metals incidental to any of those materials.
COVERED PROJECT: Any building construction, renovation, or demolition activity that includes, without limitation, either: a) the construction of a new principal structure; b) the demolition of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of gross floor area; or c) renovation and/or addition of more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet of gross floor area, but in each such case occurring pursuant to a building or demolition permit application which is submitted on or after May 1, 2014.
DEMOLITION: Any act or process within the control of the owner of a building or structure that results in the removal, razing, wrecking, tearing down or destruction of a building or structure as it existed prior to the commencement of such act or process.
DIRECTOR: The director of community services or his or her designee.
DIVERT OR DIVERSION: To manage, sort and process C&D debris into recyclable C&D debris, recovered wood that is processed for use as a fuel, and/or C&D debris that is processed for use at a landfill.
INERT DEBRIS: Those materials which are virtually inert, such as rock, brick, and concrete.
RECOVERED WOOD THAT IS PROCESSED FOR USE AS FUEL: Wood that has been salvaged from C&D debris and processed for use as fuel, as authorized by applicable state or federal environmental regulatory authority, and supplied only to intermediate processing facilities for sizing, or to combustion facilities for use as fuel, that have obtained all necessary waste management and air permits for handling and combustion of the fuel.
RECYCLABLE C&D DEBRIS: C&D debris that has been rendered reusable and is reused or that would otherwise be disposed of or discarded but is collected, separated, processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials or products. "Recyclable C&D debris" does not include either: a) recovered wood that is processed for use as a fuel; or b) C&D debris that is processed for use at a landfill.
RECYCLE OR RECYCLING: To set aside, handle, process, package or offer for collection residential, commercial or industrial solid waste materials or byproducts for the purpose of being reused or processed and then returned to the economic mainstream as useful products.
RECYCLING AGENT: The contractor the applicant will use on their project to divert and recycle the amount of material required in this chapter.
REMODEL OR RENOVATION: The improvement, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an existing building or structure which requires a permit from the village of Riverwoods. (Ord. 14-04-09, 4-16-2014)