REFUSE COLLECTION CUSTOMERS (11-5-100 et seq.)

Municipal Code of Chicago tit. 11, ch. 11-5, art. III

in effect

Municipal Code of Chicago § 11-5-100 Exemption.

11-5-100 Exemption. The requirements set forth in this Article III shall not apply to: (1) any refuse collection customer that backhauls all of the recyclable material listed in Section 11-5-080 in accordance with the requirements set forth in Article V of this chapter; or (2) any refuse collection customer that holds a valid certificate of exemption issued under Section 11-5-040, to the extent of such exemption. (Added Coun. J. 7-20-16, p. 28694, § 1)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 11-5-110 Source-separated recycling - Required.

11-5-110 Source-separated recycling - Required. Each refuse collection customer shall engage in source-separated recycling and shall source separate materials in accordance with Section 11-5-080. (Added Coun. J. 7-20-16, p. 28694, § 1)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 11-5-120 Recycling containers - Required.

11-5-120 Recycling containers - Required. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 11-5-100, each refuse collection customer shall equip interior and exterior common areas of the premises under such refuse collection customer's control with recycling containers in an amount sufficient to enable persons occupying, using, visiting or lawfully upon such premises to engage in source-separated recycling. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any refuse collection customer to provide recycling containers on the public way or at any location where recycling containers are legally accessible to and emptied by a private or public hauler. (b) The recycling containers required under this section shall: (1) be clearly identified as recycling containers; (2) display a written and/or pictorial list of the recyclable material that may be deposited into such container; (3) be emptied on a regular basis so that continued and uninterrupted source-separated recycling is able to occur on the premises; and (4) be maintained free from odor. (Added Coun. J. 7-20-16, p. 28694, § 1)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 11-5-130 Recycling signs - Required.

11-5-130 Recycling signs - Required. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 11-5-100, each refuse collection customer shall post and maintain, in maintenance areas and common areas of the premises under such refuse collection customer's control, one or more permanent and legible signs notifying persons that source-separated recycling is required under Chapter 11-5 of the Municipal Code of Chicago. In addition, the signs required to be posted in maintenance areas shall list all of the material that is required to be source separated and shall describe the collection procedures for such material. The Department may promulgate rules setting forth the specific language or design of such signs. (b) If a refuse collection customer provides scavenger service to any tenant of an occupational unit under such tenant's lease' agreement, it shall be the duty of the refuse collection customer to equip each such tenant with permanent and legible recycling signs for use by such tenant in the space comprising the occupational unit. Such signs shall notify the employees, customers and clients of such tenant that source- separated recycling is required under Chapter 11-5 of the Municipal Code of Chicago. It shall be the duty of the tenant to post such recycling signs in common areas of the occupational unit. (Added Coun. J. 7-20-16, p. 28694, § 1)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 11-5-140 Education of tenants - Required.

11-5-140 Education of tenants - Required. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11-5-100, each refuse collection customer shall develop and implement an ongoing education program to educate all tenants, residents and occupants of the premises under the refuse collection customer's control about the refuse collection customer's source-separated recycling program. Such education program shall include, but is not limited to, the following: (a) flyers containing, at a minimum, the following information: (1) the types of materials required to be recycled, as set forth in subsection (a) of Section 11-5-080; (2) the types of materials that cannot be deposited in a recycling container, as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 11-5-080; (3) instructions on how to properly prepare materials for recycling; (4) the location of all recycling containers provided by the refuse collection customer and private hauler, both inside and outside the building; (5) the name of the private hauler that services the premises identified in the flyer and such private hauler's collection schedule; (6) the name and telephone number of a contact person authorized by the refuse collection customer to provide information and answer questions about the refuse collection customer's recycling program; and (7) any other information that the Commissioner may require. If a refuse collection customer has a lease or rental agreement of any type with a tenant for the use by such tenant of any space within a building or portion of a building under the refuse collection customer's control, such refuse collection customer shall provide such tenant, within 30 calendar days after the effective date of this ordinance, with a copy of the flier required under this subsection (a). Thereafter, such refuse collection customer shall provide a copy of the flier required under this subsection to tenants at the time any lease, rental agreement or similar agreement between such refuse collection customer and a tenant is signed, renewed or otherwise extended; and (b) Written notice to all existing residents, tenants and occupants of the building under such refuse collection customer's control of any change that is made or required to be made to the refuse collection customer's source-separated recycling program. Such notice shall be provided within ten calendar days of such change. (Added Coun. J. 7-20-16, p. 28694, § 1)

Municipal Code of Chicago § 11-5-150 Violation - Penalty.

11-5-150 Violation - Penalty. Except as otherwise provided in this Article III, and in addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates this Article III or any rule promulgated thereunder shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. (Added Coun. J. 7-20-16, p. 28694, § 1)

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