Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2021-759

• Record #: O2021-759
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 2/26/2021
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Environmental Protection and Energy
• Final action: 5/24/2023
• Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapters 7-28 and 17-17 regarding refuse requirements for townhouse developments
• Sponsors: Cardenas, George A.
• Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 7 - Health & Safety - Ch. 28 Health Nuisances, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 17 - Chicago Zoning Ordinance - Ch. 17 Terminology & Measurements, Land Use & Zoning-Tables & Index
• Related files: R2023-766

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2023		City Council	Failed to Pass
2/26/2021	28417	City Council	Referred

City Council 2.24.21 Committee Environmental Protection and Energy
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 7-28-200 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
7-28-200 Definitions.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance) "Townhouse Development" has the meaning ascribed to that term in section 17-17-02180.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)

SECTION 2. Section 7-28-220 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through, and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
7-28-220 Duty to provide refuse containers and service.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
The owner, or Ws-agent thereof, of every multiple dwelling with five or more dwelling units and every townhouse development, if not required to have a compactor under section 7-28-225. at the owner's, or bis agent's thereof, expense shall provide or contract for sufficient commercial refuse containers using a minimum standard of 1/4 cubic yard for each occupied dwelling unit per week, including container space for recyclable material. The 1/4 cubic yard requirement can be lowered if the owner, or agent thereof, of such multiple dwelling or townhouse development can verify a lower waste generation rate over a period of months. The commissioner of streets and sanitation shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations related to the cubic yard verification. If an owner of a multiple dwelling or townhouse development elects to contract for refuse pickup more than one time per week, the minimum cubic yard standard shall decrease accordingly.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)

SECTION 3. Section 7-28-225 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through, and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
7-28-225 Duty to provide compactors.
It shall be the duty of the o...