Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2013-6156

• Record #: O2013-6156
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/11/2013
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Health and Environmental Protection
• Final action: 10/16/2013
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 11-4-120, 11-4-2510, 11-4-2540 and 17-17-0105-D regarding biogas recovery
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 11 - Utilities & Environmental Protection - Ch. 4 Environmental Protection & Control, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 17 - Chicago Zoning Ordinance - Ch. 17 Terminology & Measurements, Land Use & Zoning-Tables & Index

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/16/2013	61664	City Council	Passed	Pass
10/15/2013		Committee on Health and Environmental Protection	Recommended to Pass	Pass
9/11/2013	58773	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL MAYOR


September 11, 2013










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Commissioner of Health, I transmit herewith an ordinance amending Chapter 11-4 of the Municipal Code regarding biogas recovery.

Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

Mayor

Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE


BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:


SECTION 1. Sections 11-4-120, 11-4-2510 and 11-4-2540 of the Municipal Code of Chicago are hereby amended by deleting the language struck through and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:

11-4-120 Definitions.
Except as otherwise defined for purposes of a specific subsection, section, article or chapter in this Title 11, whenever the following words and phrases are used in this Title 11, they shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
(Omitted text is not affected by this ordinance)
"Recycle" or "recycling" means any process by which materials that would otherwise become municipal waste are collected, separated or processed and returned to the economic mainstream in the form of raw materials for new, reused or reconstituted products, but does not include the recovery of materials for fuel in combustion or energy production processes. This definition shall not prohibit any recycling facility from recovering and using biogas or other fuel generated as a byproduct of a recycling activity, as approved by the commissioner, while the facility is otherwise primarily engaged in recycling.
(Omitted text is not affected by this ordinance)

11-4-2510 Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them by this section:
(Omitted text is not affected by this ordinance)
Processing means manual, mechanical or automated separation of recyclable material from other materials; separation of recyclable materials ...