The Environmental Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
(A) To determine whether or not there is presently any contamination of the air, land, and water in the environs of the village.
(B) To formulate, prepare, and recommend to the Board of Trustees a comprehensive plan to deal with any such pollution.
(C) To formulate, prepare, and recommend to the Board of Trustees the adoption of an adequate ordinance which will insure a healthful environment for all citizens of the village and which should contain among other things the following.
(1) A provision for the abatement of existing pollution.
(2) Prohibitory sections in such ordinance which shall render the violation of such provisions unlawful.
(3) Provisions designed to prevent further pollution of the environment through the use of a permit system which would serve to regulate the installation of new and altered equipment having a significant capacity to contaminate the environment.
(4) A machinery for the enforcement of this division.
(5) Penalties for any violation of the act including both the civil and criminal penalties.
(6) Provide that the village may enforce the ordinance by injunction.
(D) To review the existing building code to determine whether or not there are sufficient standards contained in such code to prevent the installation of equipment having a potential for damaging the environment.
(E) To hold public hearings to gather necessary information to achieve the aims imposed upon the Environmental Commission by this division and for the general purpose of public understanding.
(F) To review the activities of other governmental agencies in the area of environmental control and make recommendation to the Board of Trustees with a view toward establishing intergovernmental cooperation among all such units of government.
(G) To recommend associations with individuals, associations, and corporations, in any manner not prohibited by law, to insure a healthful environment for the citizens of the village.
(H) Establish programs for residential, multi-family and businesses for the recycling of materials as established by the current contracted waste hauler.
(I) Promote neighborhood beautification in public areas of the village that have been neglected or under-improved.
(Ord. 71-0-010, passed 2-1-71; Am. Ord. 95-0-061, passed 8-28-95)