(a) Starting July 1, 2024, no City department shall use Gas-Powered Landscaping Equipment in performing any City function.
(b) Waivers. The Director shall grant a temporary waiver of the requirements of Section 12E.2(a) to a City department with respect to Gas-Powered Landscaping Equipment that the Director finds is needed to perform one or more required functions of the department and for which the Director determines that Replacement Technology is unavailable. The Director shall waive the prohibition in Section 12E.2(a) solely with respect to those specific, identified departmental functions for which the department documents to the Director’s satisfaction that Replacement Technology is unavailable. Replacement Technology shall be deemed to be “unavailable” for purposes of this waiver, and for purposes of any renewal of the waiver under Section 12E.2(c), if Replacement Technology does not exist, or if a department is unable to purchase Replacement Technology for an amount less than or equal to 300% of the cost of the equivalent Gas-Powered Landscaping Equipment, inclusive of up-front costs, including electrical infrastructure supporting Replacement Technology, and operating costs over a one-year period for the Gas-Powered Landscaping Equipment and equivalent Replacement Technology. Inclusion of Gas-Powered Landscaping Equipment on the Exempt Gas-Powered Landscaping Equipment List, described in Section 2103 of the Police Code, shall constitute a determination by the Director that Replacement Technology is unavailable with respect to the listed equipment.
(c) Waiver renewals. A temporary waiver granted under Section 12E.2(b) shall expire on March 31 of the calendar year following the grant or renewal of the waiver. The Director shall renew a department’s waiver under Section 12E.2(b) to extend past that March 31 to the next March 31 if the Director determines that the Gas-Powered Landscaping Equipment that is the subject of the waiver remains necessary to perform one or more required functions of the department and determines that Replacement Technology for such equipment remains unavailable. There is no limit on the number of waiver renewals the Director may grant.
(d) In the event of any conflict between this Chapter 12E and Section 4.14 of the Administrative Code, this Chapter 12E shall govern.
(Added by Ord. 202-22, File No. 220199, App. 10/6/2022, Eff. 11/6/2022)
(Former Sec. 12E.2 added by Ord. 14-85, App. 1/11/85; repealed by Ord. 199-21, File No. 210739, App. 11/5/2021, Eff. 12/6/2021)