Environmental Protection City Council 4/22/2020
ORDINANCE
SECTION 1. Section 11-4-360 ofthe Municipal Code ofthe City of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck-through and inserting the language underscored, as follows:
11-4-360 Enforcement - Interference with inspection - Required inspections.
(alThe commissioner, or anyone authorized to act for him, in the performance of his duties and for the purpose of enforcing and administering this chapter or any order, regulation or rule promulgated pursuant thereto, or for the purpose of obtaining facts with respect to any complaint or noncompliance, is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into any building, structure, establishment, premises or enclosure or other place at all reasonable hours for the purpose of inspecting any regulated equipment, area, site, or facility. If any person in any way denies, obstructs^ or hampers such entrance or inspection or refuses to provide requested information during inspection, the commissioner is hereby authorized to refuse the issuance of any certificate or permit for any regulated equipment, area, site, or facility with respect to which entrance or inspection has been denied in the event one has not been issued; or to revoke any outstanding certificate or permit issued for such regulated equipment, area, site, or facility.
information received from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, that any operator of a facility has violated the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, the Commissioner shall cause an immediate inspection ofthe facility to he conducted regarding the alleged violation Such inspection shall he conducted in conjunction with any relevant City Departments authorized to conduct investigations under this Chapter or hy a third party contractor with a specialty in conducting such inspections hired hy the Commissioner for that purpose The inspection shall include an analysis ofthe any toxins or materials, released hy the facility The result...
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