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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Sections 28-3, 28-4, and 28-5
of the Code of the City of Evanston, 1957,
as amended, and Repealing Sections 28-6,
28-7, 28-8, 28-9, 28-9.1, 28-9.2, 28-9.3,
28-9.4, and 28-9.5 of the Code of the City
of Evanston, 1957, as amended.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON,
COON COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Sections 28-3, 28-4, and 28-5 of
the Code of the City of Evanston, 1957,
as amended, are hereby amended to read as follows:
"EVANSTON AIR POLLUTION CODE
SECTION 28-3
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF AIR POLLUTION CODE
Subsection A-100.0. - SCOPE
A-100.1. - Title. - This chapter of the Municipal Code of the City of
• Evanston shall be known as the Air Pollution Code of the City of
Evanston and is herein referred to as such or "this code".
A-100.2. - Purpose. - This code is to regulate the production and
emission of smoke and other air contaminants of such character
would create air pollution within the City; to make provisionk for the
measurement and control of such emissions; to establish an Air Pollution
Appeal Board; to establish the Director of Building as enforcement
officer; to provide for permits where applicable for the installation,
construction or modification,ufc* and certificates of operation for use,
ofx combustion or process equipment or air pollution control equipment;
to control the issuance of permits and certificates of operation, and
to establish fees thereof; and to provide fines and penalties for
violations of the provisions of this code.
Subsection A-110.0. - DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING
It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Director of Building
(hereinafter referred to as the "Director")
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•W, R and in connection therewith
to enforce the provisions of the Air Pollution Code, affx
.1, he is obligated and empowered:
A,110.1. - Supervision. - To act as enforcement officer for all
ordinances, rules and regulations pertaining to air pollution as
provided for in this code.
A-110.2. - Examination of Plans.,- To examine and approve plans of
combustion or process equipment or air pollution control equipment
installed, constructed or modified in any building or structure or on
any premises, as herein provided, to assure that they are in accord-
ance with the requirements of this code.
A-110.3. - Inspections. - To make inspections of newly installed,
constructed or modified combustion or process equipment or air
pollution control equipment, and to make subsequent inspections not
• less frequently than every two years, as herein provided, to determine
whether such equipment is in compliance with the provisions of this
code.
A-110.31. - Right of Entry. - Zh%m x
To make inspections of all buildings,
structures, and premises located within the City to determine their
compliance with the provisions of this code. For the purpose of
making such inspection, the Director alx�e4s'
is
x; hereby authorized to examine and survey all buildings, structures,
and premises within the City. Such inspections shall be made between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on any days except Sunday, subject
to the following standards and conditions:
a) Such inspection may take place only if a complaint respecting
said premises has been received by the Director and such com-
plaint, in the opinion of said Director, provides reasonable
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is undertaken as part of a regular inspection program whereby
certain areas of the City ate being inspected in their entirety
by direction of the Director or the City Manager.
b) Such inspections shall be made by the Director or the City
Manager or by any duly authorized representative upon the
direction of either of said officers.
c) Any person making such inspection shall furnish to the owner
or occupant of the structure sought to be inspected,
sufficient identification and information to enable the owner
an authorized
or occupant to determine that he is a/representative of the
Director or City Manager,
and to determine the purpose of said inspection.
The Director or the City Manager or any duly authorized representative
upon the direction of either of said officers may apply to any court
• of competent jurisdiction for a search warrant or other legal process
for the purpose of securing entry to any premises if the owner shall
refuse to grant entry.
To
A-110.32. - Official Badqe. - T`'� n; _��' �-&&y adopt a badge of office
which shall be displayed for the
purpose of identification.
A-110.4. - Complaints. - To investigate complaints of violations of
this code and to make inspections and observations of air pollution
conditions.
A-110.5. - Advisor to Board of Appeals. - To serve as an advisor to
the Air Pollution Appeal Board.
A-110.6. - Recommendations. - To investigate and make recommendations
from time to time to the Air'IPollution Appeal Board with respect to
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amendments to this code.
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A-110.7. - Records and Notices. To issue all permits, certificates, B
• or notices required under the provisions of this code.
To deliver written
A-110.71. - Delivery of Notice. - Notices of violations *becUxbamis
by leaving a copy
with any person owning, operating or in charge of the equipment or
premises involved, or by mailing a copy to the last known address of
the person to be notified.
A-110.8. - Supply of Documents. - To supply, on request and on payment
of the cost, copies of this code and of all documents referred to
in this code.
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Section A-120.0. - MUNICIPAL COOPERATION
A-120.1. - Municipal Cooperation. - The Director may call upon the
police, fire and health departments and all other municipal officials
0 for assistance and cooperation in the enforcement of this code.
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Section A-130.0. - APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS
A-130.1. - Permit Required. - No person shall install, construct or
modify or cause to be installed, constructed or modified any com-
bustion or process equipment or air pollution control equipment,
excepting domestic heating and domestic refuse -burning equipment,
until an application for permit has been made on forms supplied by
accompanying the application
the Director and until the plans/have been approved and a permit
issued by the Director.
A-130.2. - Plans and Specifications. - Suitable plans and specifications
of the combustion or process equipment or air pollution control
as part of the application for permit,
equipment must be filed in duplicate:/in the office of the Director,
by the owner, contractor, installer or other person. The equipment
must be designed to conform to the provisions of this code. The
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Director may waive the requirement for filing plans when the work
•involved is of a minor nature.
A-130.21. - Certification of Plans. - The plans and specifications
submitted pursuant to the foregoing shall be prepared under the
direction of or approved by a registered professional engineer and
bear his seal.
A-130.3. - Notice of Start. - At least twenty-four (24) hours' notice
of start of work under the permit shall be given to the Director.
A-130.4. - Compliance with Permit. - All work shall conform to the
approved application and plans for which the permit has been issued.
A-130.5. - Plan Inspection Fees. - Fees for inspection of plans
pursuant to the foregoing for the installation, construction or
modification of combustion or process equipment or air pollution control
equipment shall be $5.00.
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Section A-140.0. - INSPECTIONS OF EQUIPMENT
A-140.1. - Schedule of Inspections of Equipment. - Existing combustion
or process equipment or air pollution control equipment, except
domestic heating and domestic refuse -burning equipment, shall be in-
spected by the Director at least biennially, and any such new or
modified equipment shall be inspected after its installation, con-
struction or modification and before its operation.
A-140.2. - Inspection Fees for New or Modified Equipment.,- Fees shall
be as follows for the examination or inspection of any new or modified
combustion or process equipment or air pollution control equipment,
after its installation, construction or modification;
1
- Hot air furnace
$15.00
per
unit
2
- Low pressure boiler
$15.00
per
unit
3
- High pressure boiler, 100 h.p.
capacity or less $20.00
per
unit
- High pressure boiler, over 100
h.p. capacity $30.00
per
unit
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- Incinerator or refuse -burning
equipment $25.00
per
unit
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- Process equipment
$30.00
for
all pro-
cess equipment in
any
plant
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A-140.3. - Biennial Inspection Fees. - Fees shall be as follows for
each biennial inspection of combustion or process equipment or air
pollution control equipment:
1 - Hot air furnace
$15.00
per
unit
2 - Low pressure boiler
$15.00
per
unit
3 - High pressure boiler
$20.00
per
unit
4 - Incinerator or refuse -burning equipment
$15.00
per
unit
5 - Process equipment
$20.00
for
all
process equipment
in any
plant
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Section A-150.0. - CERTIFICATE OF OPERATION
A-150.1. - Issuance and Revocation. - Upon finding that any combustion
or process equipment or air pollution control equipment inspected on
any original or subsequent inspection complies with the provisions
of this code, and after receipt of the prescribed fee, the Director
shall issue a Certificate of Operation as of the date of such in-
• spection; and upon any subsequent inspection, if the Director finds
that any such equipment fails to comply with the provisions of this
code, he shall issue a.Revocation of the Certificate of Operation.
A-150.2. Posting. - All Certificates of Operation shall be posted
in a conspicuous place on or near the equipment.
A-150.3. - Special Certifications.,- Certificates of Operation may
contain operating requirements and limitations, such as allowable fuels.
A-150.4. - Unlawful Operation. - No person shall use or allow to be
used any combustion or process equipment or air pollution control
equipment, which is subject to inspections as hereinbefore set forth,
without having for it a valid Certificate of Operation.
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Section A-160.0. - AIR POLLUTION APPEAL BOARD
. A-160.1. - Establishment. - An Air Pollution Appeal Board is hereby
established.
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A-160.2. - Membership of Board. - The Appeal Board shall consist of
seven members, to be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the
City Council, one of whom shall be designated by the Mayor as Chairman.
A-160.21. - Terms. - The Appeal Board members shall be appointed for
a term of four years, or until their respective successors are
appointed and qualified; except that of the initially appointed Appeal
Board, two members shall serve for one year, two members for two years,
two members for three years, and one member for four years.
A-160.22. - Qualifications of Board Members. - One member shall have
had at least five years business or administrative experience in the
ownership or management of apartment -building enterprises; one member
shall be a physician licensed to practice in the State, who has had,
at the time of his appointment and immediately prior thereto, at least
five years medical practice in public health and industrial hygiene;
• one member shall be, at the time of his appointment and for at least
five years prior thereto, a registered professional engineer in the
State; one member shall be, at the time of his appointment and for at
least five years prior thereto, licensed to practice law in the State;
three members shall be appointed at large. Members appointed to fill
vacancies shall have the same general qualifications required for
their predecessors.
A-160.3. - Meetings. - Meetings of the Air Pollution Appeal Board shall
be held at the call of the Chairman, or as prescribed by its rules.
Four members shall constitute a quorum.
A-160.4. - Rules and Records. - The Air Pollution Appeal Board shall
adopt its own rules and regulations and keep minutes of its meetings.
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Svbsec'tion A-170.0. - AIR POLLUTION APPEAL BOARD AUTHORITY
�he Air Pollution Appeal Board is hereby vested with the following ` s2
jurisdiction and authority:
A-170.1. - Appeals from Decisions of the Director. - To decide appeals
from any action taken by the Director or failure of the Director to
act upon request within a reasonable period. Such decisions on appeal
shall be limited to construing the provisions of this code, in order
to determine whether the Director has correctly interpreted the
requirements established in this code.
A-170.2. - Extensions of Time. - To grant extensions of time for
compliance with Subsections 320.0. through 330.122. upon showing due
diligence on the part of the applicant.
A-170.3. - Variations. - To grant variations from the provisions of
Subsections 320.0. through 330.122.
A-170.31. - Standards for Variations. - The Appeal Board may grant a
Wariation from the requirements of this code upon finding that com-
pliance with any provision of Subsections 320.0. through 330.122, or
any decision of the Director, will result in an arbitrary and unreason-
able taking of property or in the closing and elimination of any law-
ful business, occupation or activity if the Board shall determine that
such taking of property or closing or elimination will not result in
a benefit or advantage to the public in the reduction of air pollution
sufficient to justify such action. In granting the variation, the
Board may prescribe other and different requirements applicable to the
business, occupation, activity or property involved, provided that
such requirements may not be more onerous or stricter than those that
would be imposed under the provisions of this code.
A-170.4. - Recommendations. - To recommend to the City Council
•amendments to this code.
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Section A-180.0. - PROCEDURES FOR APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS FOR
VARIATIONS AND FOR EXTENSIONS OF TIME.
A-180.1. - Right to Appeal for Variation or Extension of Time.
Any person found in violation of this code by any decision of the
Director may take an appeal from the decision or apply for a variation
from the requirements of this"code or an extension of time for compli-
ance with the requirements of this code to the Air Pollution Appeal
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Board. Applications for variations and extensions of time may also
be made in the absence of a finding of violation.
180.2. - Time for Filinq Appeal or Application. - The appellant or
applicant must file with the Director, no later than thirty (30)
days after receiving notice of such violation, a Notice of Appeal or
Application for Variation or Extension of Time, directed to the Air
Pollution Appeal Board, specifying the grounds thereof _and relief
sought.
•A-180.3. - Notification of Appeal Board by Director. - The Director
shall forthwith notify all members of the Appeal Board of such appeal
or application and furnish all members copies of all relevant papers.
A-180.4. - Right to Public Hearinq. - The A ppeal Board shall grant
to each appellant or applicant a public hearing, and shall have power
to administer oaths to persons testifying at such hearings.
A-180.41. - Date of Hearinq. - The A ppeal Board shall, within thirty
(30) days after the date of filing of the appeal or applicaition, set
a date for the hearing.
A-180.42. - Notice of Hearinq. - The Appeal Board shall give not less
than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty (30) days notice of the date
of hearing.
Such notice
shall contain the address of the property in question, the owner of
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the'pr`operty and the nature of the application or appeal. A copy of :Is ¢
also to
0 he notice shall be mailed to the appellant or applicant,and/the
hearing
complainant if the ap Rai A arises from the complaint of
a person other than the Director.
A-180.5. - Continuances. - The Appeal Board may, in its discretion,
grant continuances, and shall notify the appellant or applicant and
any complainant with respect to the appeal or application, of any
continuance.
A-180.6. - Stay of Decision of the Director. - An appeal or application
for variation or extension of time properly filed shall stay the
decision of the Director with respect to all matters set forth in such
appeal or application until the Appeal Board has taken final action
on the appeal or application and until the appellant or applicant has
been served with a copy of such decision.
A-180.7. - Appearances. - At the hearing any party may appear in person
•or by agent or attorney and present evidence both written and oral
relevant to the issues involved and may examine and cross-examine
witnesses.
A-180.8. - Appeal Board's Decision. - After hearing an appeal, the
Appeal Board shall affirm, modify or reverse the decision of the
Director or order him to act; after hearing an application for
variation or extension of time, the Appeal Board shall grant or deny
the relief applied for or shall grant such other relief as it deems
proper. The decision shall be binding on the Director and the
appellant or applicant.
A-180.9. - Delivery of Notices. - The Director shall deliver, in
writing, copies of decisions and all other notices on behalf of the
Appeal Board, either by personal delivery or by sealed, prepaid mail,
•addressed to the appellant or applicant at his last known address.
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SECTION 28-4
GENERAL DEFINITIONS
Subsection A-200.0. - SCOPE
Unless otherwise expressly stated, for the purpose of this code,
the following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this Section.
A-200.1. - Interchangeability. - Words used in the present tense
include the future; words in the masculine gender include the feminine
and neuter; the singular number includes the plural, and the plural
the singular.
A-200.2. - Terms Defined in the Buildinq Code. - Where terms are not
defined in this code and are defined in the Basic Building Code, they
shall have the meanings ascribed to them as in the Building Code.
A-200.3. - Terms Not Defined. - Where terms are not defined in this
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code or in the Basic Building Code, they shall have ascribed to them
their ordinarily accepted meanings as implied by context.
Subsection A-210.0. - APPLIED MEANING OF WORDS AND TERMS
Air Contaminants. - Particulate matter, fly ash, dust, fumes, gas,
mist, smoke, vapor or odor, or amy combination thereof.
Air Pollution. - Presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more
air contaminants in sufficient quantities and of such characteristics
and duration as to be injurious to human, plant or animal life or to
property, orxxWbanaunreasonably interfere,: with the enjoyment of life
or property.
Air Pollution Control Equipment. - Fly -ash collector, electrostatic
precipitator, smoke -arresting or smoke -preventing equipment, dust -
separating equipment and similar equipment.
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Buildinq a New Fire. - Starting a fresh fire, but not replenishing an
• existing fire with additional fuel or refuse.
City. - City of Evanston, Illinois.
Combustion Equipment. - Any furnace, incinerator, fuel -burning equip-
ment, refuse -burning equipment, boiler, apparatus, device, mechanism,
stack, chimney, breeching or structure in which fuel or other com-
bustible material is burned or through which the products of com-
bustion pass.
Decision. - Ruling, regulation, determination, rule, requirement or
other order.
Director. - The Director of Building or his duly authorized repre-
sentative.
Domestic Heating Equipment. - Equipment used for heating water or air
for a dwelling containing fewer than five (5) dwelling units only.
• Domestic Refuse-Burninq Equipment. - Any refuse -burning equipment or
incinerator used for a dwelling containing fewer than five (5)
dwelling units only.
Downdraft Furnace. - A furnace containing two separate grates, one
above the other: The top grate consists of water tubes. The bottom
grate consisting of common grate bars is fed by partially consumed
fuel falling from the upper grate. The air for combustion enters
through the upper fire door, and passes first through the bed of green
fuel on the upper grate and then over the incandescent fuel on the
lower grate.
Fuel. - Any form of combustible solid, liquid or vapor, except that
refuse shall not be considered a fuel.
Fuel-Burninq Equipment of the Automatic, Mechanically Fired Type. -
Any combustion equipment incorporating means by which fuel is auto-
matically and mechanically introduced from outside the furnace into
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Ythe zone of combustion. ��S>
• Fuel-Burninq Equipment of the Hand=Fired Type. - Any combustion
equipment in which fresh fuel is manually introduced directly into
the furnace.
Garbaqe. - Animal and vegetable wastes originating in dwelling units,
residences, kitchens, restaurants, hotels, produce markets, etc.
Hiqh-Pressure Boiler. - Any boiler designed to operate at a steam.
pressure greater than 15 lbs. per square inch.
Incinerator. - Any device designed and intended for the destruction
of refuse by burning, but not including heating equipment.
Low Pressure Boiler. - Any boiler designed to operate at a steam
pressure of 15 lbs. per squqre inch or less.
Low -Volatile Solid Fuel. - A solid fuel, the volatile content of which
is 23% or less on an ash -free and moisture -free basis, or a solid
• fuel approved as hereinafter stated.
Multiple -Chamber Incinerator. - Any incinerator consisting of two or
more refractory -lined combustion furnaces in series, physically
separated by refractory walls, interconnected by gas passage ports
or ducts and designed for maximum combustion of the material to be
burned; this shall not be the heating plant.
Multiple -Family Dwellings. - For this code only, dwellings containing
five or more dwelling units.
Open Fire. - Any fire from which the products of combustion are
admitted directly into the open air without passing through a stack
or chimney.
Person. - Any individual, company, organization, operator, user,
owner, employee, or any representative thereof acting in any capacity.
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Process Equipment. - Any equipment employed in commercial, industrial
or manufacturing processes such as heat treating furnaces, by-product
coke plants, ovens, mixing kettles, crushing, milling or grinding
equipment, cupolas, blast furnaces, puddling furnaces, sintering plants,
Bessemer converters, electric steel furnaces, foundries, stills and
kilns, dryers, roasters, and equipment used in connection therewith,
and all other forms of manufacturing or processing equipment which may
emit air contaminants.
Refuse. - Garbage, rubbish or trade waste, or any combination thereof.
Ringelmann Chart. - The chart published and described in the U.S.
Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8333, and on which are
illustrated various percentages of total blackness for use in estimating
the light obscuring capacity of smoke.
Rubbish. - Wast materials including, but not limited to, rags, clothes,
• leather, rubber, carpe-;,-s, wood, excelsior, leaves, paper,ashes, tree
branches, yard trimmings, furniture, tin cans, glass, crockery,
masonry, and other similar materials.
Smoke. - Small gasborne particles other than water that form a
visible plume in the air.
Trade Waste. - Solid or liquid materials including, but not limited to,
rubbish, plastic products, chemicals and cinders which result from
any construction (destruction, demolition), business, trade or industry.
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• GENERAL REGULATIONS ~,S3
Subsection A-300.0. - SCOPE
All combustion or process equipment and open fires shall comply with
the applicable requirements of this code and the detailed provisions
of this Section.
Subsection A-310.0. - GENERI�L RESTRICTIONS ON AIR POLLUTION'
A-310.1. - General Restrictions. - No person shall cause or allow the
emission from any source into the open air of air contaminants so as
to cause air pollution. Such air pollution is declared to be a
nuisance and may be summarily abated by the Director; such abatement
may be in addition to any fine. -imposed for violation of this provision.
A-310.2. - Smoke Maximum. - No person shall cause or allow the
emission from any source of smoke of a density, shade or opacity equal
• to or greater than that described as ##2 on the Ringelmann Chart.
A-310.21. - Exceptions. - The provisions of Section A-310.2. may be
exceeded for combustion and process equipment as follows:
1. For a period or periods aggregating 4 minutes in any
30 minutes of a density, shade or opacity equal to but not
greater than that described as #2 on the Ringelmann Chart.
2. For a period or periods aggregating 4 minutes in any
60 minutes of a density, shade or opacity equal to but not
greater than that described as #3 on the Ringelmann Chart
when building a new fire.
A-310.22. - Method of Measurer+ent. - Where the density of the smoke
as observed falls between two consecutive Ringelmann Chart shades,
the shade with the lower Ringelmann number shall be considered the
0 density of the smoke observed.
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• A-310.3. - Open Fires. - No open fires are allowed. No person shall
burn leaves or other refuse in an open fire.
A-310.31. - Exceptions. - Open fires which are used for cooking food
at public and private gatherings are permitted.
Subsection A-320.0. - COAL BURNING EQUIPMENT
A-320.1. - Automatic Mechanically Fired Eauipment. - All institutional,
industrial and commercial buildings and multiple -family dwellings
using, coal for fuel shall be equipped with fuel -burning equipment of
the automatic, mechanically fired type.
A-320.2. - Hand -Fired Equipment. - In buildings other than those re-
ferred to in Subsection A-320.1., no person shall operate any hand -
fired fuel -burning equipment with any solid fuel other than low -
volatile solid fuel.
• A-320.3. - Approved Fuels. - The Director shall maintain and upon
request furnish a list of brands or trade m of approved low -
volatile solid fuels and shall prescribe the requisite testing pro-
cedures for any person seeking approval of a solid fuel not so listed;
the expense of any such test or tests shall be borne by the person
seeking approval.
Subsection A-330.0. - REFUSE DISPOSAL BY BURNING
A-330.1. - Multiole-Chamber Incinerators. - No person shall burn
refuse except in a multiple -chamber incinerator equipped with auxiliary
automatic gas -firing equipment with adjustable operation cycle -timers
and pilot- and flame -failure protective devices. Such multiple -chamber
incinerators shall not be of the flue -fed type.
• A-330.11. - Construction. - All incinerators in this classification
shall be constructed in accordance with the applicable standards as
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s�t fdrth in the Incinerator Institute of America publication entitled s l
'Incinerator Standards", 1963 edition, and they shall be of the
requisite size as shown in Table VII therein.
A-330.12. - Exceptions
A-330.121. - Burninq Type 1 [°taste. - The requirement for auxiliary
automatic gas -firing equipment with adjustable operation cycle -timers
may be waived by the Director if the multiple -chamber incinerator is
to be used only for the combustion of"type 1 waste", as defined in the
Incinerator Institute of America publication entitled "Incinerator
Standards", 1963 edition. This waiver will be rescinded upon a finding
by the Director that the actual use of the incinerator is in violation
of the requirements of Subsection A-310.0.
A-330.122. - Existinq Class II Incinerators. - Existing flue -fed
Class II incinerators as defined in the Incinerator Institute of America
publication entitled "Incinerator Standards", 1963 edition, may con-
Winue to be used provided that they meet or are modified to meet the
following requirements:
1. These incinerators shall be served by a separate flue to
which only the incinerator will be connected.
2. Flue door openings shall be designed so that the clear opening
of the door shall not exceed one-third of the cross -sectional
area of the flue.
3. Flue doors and frames shall be approved and labelyd by the
Underwriters' Laboratories,Inc.
4. Flue doors shall be self -closing.
5. These incinerators shall be equipped with auxiliary automatic
gas -firing equipment with adjustable operation cycle -timers.
6. The auxiliary gas -firing equipment shall be equipped with
• pilot- and flame -failure protective devices.
7. These incinerators shall have a roof -mounted settling chamber
proportioned to reduce gas velocity to one-quqrter of the
velocity in the flue.
8. These incinerators shall have a chimney height of five feet
above the highest point of the building or above any
obstruction within 50 feet of the chimney.
9. These incinerators shall have a minimum grate area of 0.15
square feet per sleeping room or efficiency unit.
10. These incinerators shall have a minimum volume of 3 cubic feet
for each square foot of grate area.
11. These incinerators shall have secondary or overfire air
provided through adjustable openingsequivalent in area to
2square inches per square foot of grate area.
• Subsection A-340.0. RESPONSIBILITY FOR EQUIPMENT AND ITS OPERATION
A-340.1. - Equipment Operator's Responsibility. - The person operating
or in charge of the combustion or process equipment or air pollution
control equipment shall be responsible for meeting the provisions
of this code and may be cited for violations caused by his acts.
A-340.2. - Owners' or Agents'• Responsibility. - It shall be the duty
of owners of any combustion or process equipment or air pollution
control equipment or their agents, to instruct or cause to be in-
structed the persons operating or in charge of such equipment in the
proper use of the equipment, and any owner or agent may be cited for
violations resulting from his failure to give such instructions.
Subsection A-350.0. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.
• A-350.1. - Violations. - Any person failing or refusing to comply with,
or resisting or opposing the enforcement of, any of the provisions
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of this code shall be deemed to have committed a violation thereof.
•A-350.2. - Penalties for Violations. - An person found guilty of
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committing a violation of this code, except when otherwise specifically
provided, shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not
less than twenty five ($25.00) Dollars, nor more than five hundred
($500) Dollars. A separate and distinct violation shall be regarded
as committed each day on which such person shall permit or continue
such violation."
SECTION 2: That Sections 28-6, 28-7, 28-8, 28-9, 28-9.10
28-9.2, 28-9.3,
28-9.4, and 28-9.5 of the Code of the City of Evanston, 1957, as
amended, be and they are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: That any appeals or other proceedings
pending under the provisions of the
•"EVANSTON AIR POLLUTION ORDINANCE" on the effective date of this
ordinance shall be abated and held for naught.
SECTION 4: The intention of the City Council is hereby
expressed that the provisions of this
ordinance are severable, and that the invalidity of any portion of
any section hereof, or of any section hereof, shall not affect any
other portion or section of this ordinance.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage,
approval, and publication in pamphlet form in the manner provided
by law.
INTRODUCED December 11,
ADOPTED December 11
,1967
,1967 APPROVED December 11
is/s/ John D. Emery
Mayor
,1967
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ATTEST:
/s/ Maurice F. BroNa
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
/s/ Jack M. SieRel
Corporation Counsel
Publ i shed December 21 , 1967
Code Page 374B
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