(A) This subchapter is adopted to regulate the production and emission of smoke, the constituent parts thereof, fly ash, soot, cinders, toxic and radioactive substances, waste, noxious or obnoxious acids, fumes, oxides, gases, vapors, odors, dusts, particulate, solid or liquid matter or any other materials that are of such character as to create atmospheric pollution, from any stack, chimney, portable boiler, vehicle, process, open fires, or other source, within the jurisdiction of the Village of South Elgin; to prohibit emissions of such substances beyond defined limits; to define a nuisance respecting the same and to provide special limitations or provisions for processes and equipment with respect to which feasible methods of measurement and control of emissions have yet to be developed; to provide for permits for the installation, construction, reconstruction, addition to, alteration, repair and use of fuel and refuse-burning plants, processes, equipment and devices, and smoke abatement, dust-arresting and air pollution control equipment or devices; to regulate the sale, use and consumption of certain solid fuels; to regulate the sale of equipment and devices; to provide for inspections and tests of fuel and refuse-burning equipment and devices, plants processes and for the issuance of permits and certificates of operation and for fees therefor; to regulate wind-borne sources of air pollution; to promote research of means and methods of more efficient fuel combustion and air pollution prevention; to promote an educational program, in cooperation with interested agencies, both public and private, for air purification; and to repeal all former ordinances and amendments thereof relating to air pollution control.
(B) The Mayor and Board of Trustees find and determine:
(1) Air pollution in all its forms, including smoke, vapors, noxious odors, dusts, particulates, and wind-borne matter, is a menace to the health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare of all citizens;
(2) Preventable air pollution can be corrected or removed as a public hazard through intelligent action involving engineering, science, equipment, research and education; and
(3) The excessive emissions of smoke and other air contaminants are causing atmospheric pollution within the corporate limits of the village which ought to be abated, and the resultant deleterious effect upon the public health and welfare, property and business, requires the adoption of a comprehensive and integrated plan for smoke and air pollution control.
('81 Code, § 16-1.02) (Ord. 1971-7-18-802, passed 5-17-71)