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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
TEMPORARY EQUIPMENT FOR REPROCESSING OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION MATERIAL
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 30, ENVIRONMENT, ARTICLE III. - AIR DIVISION II. - AIR POLLUTION, SUBDIVISION II. - SMOKE AND PARTICULATE MATTER of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 30-388. Temporary equipment for reprocessing of construction and demolition material
Sec. 30-389. Definitions.
Reprocessable construction/demolition material or material shall mean broken concrete, bricks, rock, stone or paving asphalt generated from construction and/or demolition activities. The material shall not contain lead, asbestos or any other hazardous material of the type that renders recycling of such material illegal or impossible.
Reprocessable construction/demolition material site or site shall mean a site used for purposes of the temporary reprocessing, storage, transport and final usage of reprocessable construction/demolition material.
Reprocessing equipment or equipment shall mean equipment designed to crush or break reprocessable material into smaller constituent parts for the purpose of reprocessing such material and for use on site.
Reprocessing activities or reprocessed or reprocessing means the crushing or breaking of construction/demolition material into smaller constituent parts by reprocessing equipment.
Temporary reprocessing activities permit or temporary reprocessing permit shall mean a permit issued for a limited number of days for reprocessing activities pursuant to this article.
Sec. 30-390. Purpose and scope.
The purpose and intent of this article is to regulate temporary reprocessing activities and to prevent the improper reprocessing, storage, transport and/or final usage of construction/demolition material. This article shall apply within Cook County, outside the limits of the City of Chicago.
Sec. 30-391. Reprocessing Equipment Registration Permit and Certificate of Operation.
(a) Equipment Registration Permit. The Owner and/or Operator shall obtain an Equipment Registration Permit for the reprocessing equipment pursuant to Sec. 30-151 et. seq.
(b) Certificate of Operation. The Owner and/or Operator shall obtain a Certificate of Operation for the reprocessing equipment pursuant to Sec. 30-183 et seq.
Sec. 30-392. Temporary Reprocessing Activities Permit.
A temporary reprocessing activities permit shall be required for the reprocessing, storage, transport and/or final usage of materials generated from construction and/or demolition.
(a) An Owner and/or Operator who issued a temporary reprocessing activities permit shall comply with all conditions set forth therein.
(b) The construction/demolition material may be reprocessed solely on the site at which the construction/demolition occurs in accordance with the permit.
(c) The temporary permit shall be valid for three months, as measured from the date on which such authorization is issued.
(d) Temporary permit fees shall be set forth in Section 32-1.
Sec. 30-393. Height and Setback Requirements.
(a) Setback requirements. Temporary reprocessing activities or the stockpile of reprocessable construction/ demolition material shall be setback from the following places:
(1) No less than 200 feet of any school, childcare facility, hospital, residential building or mixed occupancy building with a residential use;
(2) No less than 100 feet of any building other than a school, childcare facility, hospital, residential building or mixed occupancy building with a residential use; and
(3) No less than 100 feet of any public way or park.
(b) At no time shall the height of reprocessable or reprocessed material and other materials brought on the site exceed 30 feet.
Sec. 30-394. Performance standards.
The Owner and/or Operator shall comply with the following performance standards:
(a) No reprocessable construction/demolition waste shall be hauled, transferred, sent to, received by, stored, dumped at, abandoned or reprocessed at any location except at a solid waste and/or recycling facility properly zoned, licensed, and for which a permit has been issued pursuant to this chapter and the Cook County Solid Waste and Recycling Ordinance at Sec. 30-776 - 946, including the requirements set forth at Solid Waste Facilities at Sec. 30-822 - 30- 832, and/or the requirements set forth at Recycling Facilities at 30-857 - 30-877.
(b) All temporary reprocessable activities shall employ measures and/or devices approved by the Department to prevent the emission of dust beyond the site perimeter as zoned.
(c) The activities must be performed by reprocessing equipment with control measures that prevent the dispersion of construction/demolition material and debris beyond the site.
(d) The activities must be performed by reprocessing equipment that keeps the streets, sidewalks and sewers adjacent to the site free and clear at all times of all material and debris transported to or from the site and maintained or stored within the site.
(e) Construction/demolition material shall remain adequately wet from the initial disruption of the material through final usage. Adequately wet means sufficiently mixed or penetrated with liquate to prevent the release of construction/demolition material particulates.
Sec. 30-395. Reports and recordkeeping.
The Owner and/or Operator shall prepare, upon the request of the Department or on a schedule prescribed by the Department, reports related to the materials and operation at the site.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 32, FEES, Section 32.1. - FEE SCHEDULE of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
30-388 Temporary Equipment for Reprocessing of Construction/Demolition Material.
30-392(d) Temporary reprocessing permit fee per month $500.00
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect two months after passage.
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