page 2 <strong>NEW</strong> <strong>ITEMS</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> May 1, 2007 RECONSIDERATION OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED REAL ESTATE MATTER AND REQUEST TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE continued ITEM #2 cont’d RENT Monthly: $ 1,500.00 Annual: $18,000.00 Rent is inclusive <strong>of</strong> utilities with <strong>the</strong> exception <strong>of</strong> electricity. Approval recommended. __________________________ In accordance with <strong>Cook</strong> <strong>County</strong> Code Section 2-108(h)(1), Commissioner Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Daley, moved to suspend <strong>the</strong> rules so that this matter may be considered. The motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Beavers, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved to reconsider <strong>the</strong> question, a first amendment to lease for <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> Commissioner Anthony J. Peraica’s 16th District field <strong>of</strong>fice, which was previously approved on April 18, 2007. Commissioner Peraica called for a Roll Call, <strong>the</strong> vote <strong>of</strong> yeas and nays being as follows: ROLL CALL ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEASE Yeas: Beavers, Butler, Daley, Gorman, Goslin, Moreno, Murphy, Schneider, Sims, Steele - 10. Nays: Claypool, Peraica, Quigley, Suffredin - 4. Present: Silvestri - 1. Absent: Collins, Maldonado - 2. The motion to reconsider CARRIED. Commissioner Beavers, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved that <strong>the</strong> first amendment to lease be referred to <strong>the</strong> Real Estate and Business and Economic Development Subcommittee. Following discussion, Commissioner Peraica, seconded by Commissioner Silvestri, moved to amend <strong>the</strong> motion and refer <strong>the</strong> first amendment to lease to <strong>the</strong> Committee on Finance. (Comm. No. 286486). The motion to refer carried unanimously. ITEM #3 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT Submitting a Proposed Ordinance Amendment sponsored by TODD H. STROGER, President, <strong>Cook</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Commissioners</strong> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT BE IT ORDAINED, by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cook</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Board</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Commissioners</strong> that Chapter 30, Article I, Section 30- 3 and Article II, Division 7, Subdivision III, Sections 30-231 and 30-233 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cook</strong> <strong>County</strong> Code are hereby amended as follows: Sec. 30-3. Definitions. ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter shall have <strong>the</strong> meanings ascribed to <strong>the</strong>m in this section, except where <strong>the</strong> context clearly indicates a different meaning: Agricultural wastes means any refuse, except garbage and dead animals, generated on a farm or ranch by crop and livestock production practices, including such items as bags, cartons, dry bedding, structural materials, and crop residues but excluding landscape wastes.
page 3 <strong>NEW</strong> <strong>ITEMS</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> May 1, 2007 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT continued ITEM #3 cont’d Air contaminant means and includes, but is not limited to <strong>the</strong> following: dust, soot, mist, smoke, fumes, fly ash, vapor, corrosive gas, or o<strong>the</strong>r discharge, and any o<strong>the</strong>r airborne material or substance that is <strong>of</strong>fensive, nauseous, irritating, or noxious to human health and welfare or to o<strong>the</strong>r animal life and/or plant life. Air contaminant source means any and all sources <strong>of</strong> emission capable <strong>of</strong> emitting any air contaminant, whe<strong>the</strong>r privately or publicly owned or operated. Without limiting <strong>the</strong> generality <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> foregoing, this term includes all types <strong>of</strong> businesses, commercial and industrial plants, works, shops and stores, heating power plants and stations, buildings and o<strong>the</strong>r structures <strong>of</strong> all types, including single and multiple family residences, apartment buildings, <strong>of</strong>fice buildings, hotels, restaurants, schools, hospitals, churches, vehicles, garages, vending and service locations and stations, railroad locomotives, ships, boats and o<strong>the</strong>r waterborne craft, portable fuel-burning equipment, incinerators <strong>of</strong> all types, both indoor and outdoor, refuse dumps and piles, and all stacks and o<strong>the</strong>r chimney outlets and any o<strong>the</strong>r openings from any <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> foregoing. Air pollution means presence in <strong>the</strong> outdoor atmosphere <strong>of</strong> one or more air contaminants in sufficient quantities and <strong>of</strong> such characteristics and duration as to be injurious to human, plant or animal life or to property, or which unreasonably interfere with <strong>the</strong> enjoyment <strong>of</strong> life and property. Air Pollution Episode Action Plan. See Episode Action Plan. Air quality standard means ambient air quality goal, established by Federal, State, or local governmental agencies, for <strong>the</strong> purpose <strong>of</strong> protecting <strong>the</strong> public health and welfare. ANSI means <strong>the</strong> American National Standards Institute or its successor bodies. Architectural coating means any coating used for residential or commercial buildings or <strong>the</strong>ir appurtenances, or for industrial buildings which is site applied. ARI means <strong>the</strong> Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute or its successor bodies. ASHRAE means <strong>the</strong> American Society <strong>of</strong> Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning engineers or its successor bodies. ASME means <strong>the</strong> American Society <strong>of</strong> Mechanical Engineers or its successor bodies. ASTM means <strong>the</strong> American Society <strong>of</strong> Testing Materials or its successor bodies. Ashes shall include cinders, fly ash, or any o<strong>the</strong>r solid material resulting from combustion, and may include unburned combustibles. Atmosphere means all spaces outside <strong>of</strong> buildings, stacks or exterior ducts. Atmospheric pollution means <strong>the</strong> discharging from stacks, chimneys, exhausts, vents, ducts, openings, buildings, structures, premises, open fires, portable boilers, vehicles, processes, or any o<strong>the</strong>r source, <strong>of</strong> any smoke, soot, fly ash, dust, cinders, dirt, noxious or obnoxious acids, fumes, oxides, gases, vapors, odors, toxic or radioactive substances, noise, waste, particulate, solid, liquid or gaseous matter, or any o<strong>the</strong>r materials in such place, manner or concentration as to cause injury, detriment, nuisance, or annoyance to <strong>the</strong> public, or to endanger <strong>the</strong> health, comfort, repose, safety or welfare <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> public, or in such a manner as to cause or have a natural tendency to cause injury or damage to business or property. Atmospheric pollution source means any and all sources <strong>of</strong> emission <strong>of</strong> any type <strong>of</strong> atmospheric pollution, whe<strong>the</strong>r privately or publicly owned or operated. Without limiting <strong>the</strong> generality <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> foregoing, this term includes all types <strong>of</strong> business, commercial and industrial plants, works, shops and stores, heating power plants and stations, buildings and o<strong>the</strong>r structures <strong>of</strong> all types, including single and multiple family residences, apartment buildings, <strong>of</strong>fice buildings, hotels, restaurants, schools, hospitals, churches, vehicles, garages, vending and service locations or stations, railroad locomotives, ships, boats and o<strong>the</strong>r waterborne craft, portable fuel-burning equipment, incinerators <strong>of</strong> all types both indoor and outdoor, refuse dumps and piles, and all stacks and o<strong>the</strong>r chimney outlets and any o<strong>the</strong>r openings from any <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> foregoing. Authorized representative means any individual, firm or corporation designated by a person who shall be given authority to act for such "person" in all matters pertaining to <strong>the</strong> <strong>County</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Environmental Control. Such authorization shall be transmitted to such Department in writing. Automobile and/or truck sales lot means any land area used or intended to be used for <strong>the</strong> display and/or sale <strong>of</strong> passenger automobiles and/or commercial vehicles. Boat shall include, but shall not be limited to all ships, vessels, boats, floating equipment, floating structures, or any device operating, existing, anchored, or moored upon <strong>the</strong> surface <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> water. British Thermal Unit means <strong>the</strong> quantity <strong>of</strong> heat required to raise one pound <strong>of</strong> water from 60 degrees Fahrenheit to 61 degrees Fahrenheit (abbreviated B.T.U. or BTU). Building fires. The term, "a new fire being built," means <strong>the</strong> period during which a fresh fire is being started and does not mean <strong>the</strong> process <strong>of</strong> replenishing an existing fuel bed with additional fuel. Carbonaceous fuel means any form <strong>of</strong> combustible matter, ei<strong>the</strong>r solid, liquid, vapor, or gas, consisting primarily <strong>of</strong> carbon containing compounds in ei<strong>the</strong>r fixed or volatile form which are burned primarily for <strong>the</strong>ir heat content. Chimney shall include, but shall not be limited to any conduit, duct, vent, or flue, arranged to conduct any products <strong>of</strong> combustion into <strong>the</strong> atmosphere. It does not include breeching.
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