Adoption of environmental rules.
Municipal Code of Chicago § 2-31-070
in effect2-31-070 Adoption of environmental rules.
The Chief Sustainability Officer is authorized to issue rules necessary or proper for the administration or enforcement of environmental ordinances. The Chief Sustainability Officer shall not enact any rule until the Chief Sustainability Officer holds a public hearing on such rule or until the Chief Sustainability Officer provides an opportunity for the public to submit comments in written or electronic form. If the Chief Sustainability Officer holds a public hearing, the Chief Sustainability Officer shall give not less than ten (10) calendar days’ notice of the time and place of such hearing by publication in a prominent location on the Department’s website. The Chief Sustainability Officer shall also e-mail notices of all public hearings to persons who file a request with the Department for notice of the Chief Sustainability Officer’s intention to issue such rules. If the Chief Sustainability Officer solicits written or electronically submitted comments, the Chief Sustainability Officer shall give public notice by e-mailing a notice of the solicitation of comments to all persons who file such a request with the Department and by publishing such notice in a prominent location on the Department’s website with the text of the proposed rule. The Chief Sustainability Officer shall accept written or electronically submitted comments for a period of not less than thirty (30) calendar days from the date of the notice, which period may be reasonably extended at the discretion of the Chief Sustainability Officer. However, the Chief Sustainability Officer shall have the power to make reasonable administrative and procedural rules interpreting or clarifying the requirements that are specifically prescribed in Chapter 11-4 of this Code, without notice, hearing or solicitation of written or electronically submitted comments.
(Added Coun. J. 12-20-25, p. 39283, Art. III, § 1)
Source: City of Chicago, Municipal Code of Chicago (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/chicago/latest/chicago_il/0-0-0-2702860Fetched: 10/24/2026