Title
Ordinance amending Chapter 50: Solid Waste of the Lake County, Illinois, Code of Ordinances as it relates to the Procedure for new Pollution Control Facilities and Site Approval Requests.
Staff Summary
• Chapter 50: Solid Waste of the Lake County Code of Ordinances promotes and protects the general health by regulating sanitary landfills and the operation of solid waste disposal sites, as well as provides recycling standards for promoting a sustainable environment.
• The Code is frequently reviewed and updated to ensure requirements are aligned with best practices and standards.
• Chapter 50 of the Lake County Code of Ordinances contains sections related to Procedure for New Pollution Control Facilities and Site Approval Requests which was last amended in 1994 and is in need of update.
• Chapter 50 has been fully rewritten and is being replaced with the language included in the attached Exhibit A.
• Additional amendments were made at the May 8, 2024, Planning, Building, Zoning and Environment Committee meeting.
Body
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board adopted a Solid Waste Management Plan on September 12, 1989 and adopted the Solid Waste Hauling and Recycling Ordinance on June 11, 2013; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board incorporated Procedures for New Pollution Control Facilities and Site Approval Requests into the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances as Chapter 50 of the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances, last amended on March 8, 1994; and
WHEREAS, the State’s Attorney’s Office and the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County have identified a need to update the ordinance to meet current practice and standards; and
WHEREAS, the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County and the County Administrator’s Office has reviewed the proposed amendments and recommends the Procedure for New Pollution Control Facilities and Site Approval Requests be replaced with language included in Exhibit A attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that sections 50.40 through 50.49 in the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances be replaced with the language contained in Exhibit A, attached hereto and hereby made a part of this Ordinance be, and are hereby adopted and shall be in full force and effect beginning on May 14, 2024; and
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Clerk of the County Board shall keep a record of this action.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois on May 14, 2024.