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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
CONFORMING CHANGES TO LAND DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Part II, Land Development Ordinances, Chapter 102, Buildings and Building Regulations, Article III, Building Code, Section 102-104(5) of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 102-104. - General provisions.
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(5) Construction hours. Hours of construction shall between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., except for emergency work on public improvements or public utilities, and except for the operation of pumps when continuous pumping is necessary for removal of water from the construction area. A variance may be requested from the Department of Building and Zoning when it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that construction outside these hours would be in the overall public interest or operationally essential, and for a limited time period.
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Part II, Land Development Ordinances, Appendix A, Zoning, Article 8, General Provisions, Section 8.9 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
8.9. - Miscellaneous.
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8.9.10. Siting Approval of a New Pollution Control Facility. Approval of a “new pollution control facility”, as defined in Chapter 30, Article VII, Division 6 of this Code, or expansion of an existing pollution control facility in unincorporated Cook County shall be subject to the requirements of Chapter 30, Article VII, Division 6 of this Code, and the zoning requirements found in Part II, Land Development Ordinances, Appendix A, Article 13 of this Code, and shall be conditional pending permit approval by the State of Illinois.
8.9.11. Scavenger operations. The actual contact hours involved in the pickup of refuse and all other solid waste, and all related commercial and municipal scavenger operations in unincorporated Cook County shall be from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. These hours are not intended to include or confine such functions as start up and shut down operations at the central operating point (transfer station, sanitary landfill, incinerator, etc.), or the transit time of the first trip to and the last trip from the defined collection areas. A variance may be requested from the Department of Building and Zoning when it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that scavenger operations outside these hours is in the overall public interest or operationally essential, and for a limited time period.
8.9.12. Approval of New Utility-Scale Wind Turbine(s), Farm(s), or Energy Project(s). Approval of a new “utility-scale wind turbine”, as defined by the United States Department of Energy, in unincorporated Cook County shall be subject to the building and zoning requirements found in this Part II, Land Development Ordinances, Appendix A, Article 13 of this Code.
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Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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