File #: 220226    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/1/2022 In control: Council
On agenda: 6/30/2022 Final action: 6/30/2022
Title: Amending Chapter 8, Code of Ordinances, entitled "Air Quality," by repealing it and enacting in lieu thereof a new Chapter 8 of like title, consisting of Sections 8-1 through 8-22, to update the Kansas City Air Quality Code.
Attachments: 1. 220226 Fact Sheet, 2. 220226 Fiscal Note, 3. 220226 Compared, 4. Authenticated Ordinance 220226 sub
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 220226

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Amending Chapter 8, Code of Ordinances, entitled "Air Quality," by repealing it and enacting in lieu thereof a new Chapter 8 of like title, consisting of Sections 8-1 through 8-22, to update the Kansas City Air Quality Code.

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:


Section 1. That Chapter 8, Code of Ordinances, entitled "Air Quality," is hereby amended by repealing it and enacting in lieu thereof a new Chapter 8 of like title, consisting of Sections 8-1 through 8-22, said Chapter to read as follows:

Sec. 8-1 Title of Chapter.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Air Quality Control Code.

Sec. 8-2. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Abatement project designer - an individual who designs or plans asbestos abatement.

Accumulator - the reservoir of a condensing unit receiving the condensate from the condenser.

Act - means the Clean Air Act as amended, 42 USC 7401 et seq. References to the word "Title" pertain to the titles of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, P.L. 101-549.

Actual emissions - the actual rate of emissions of a pollutant from a source operation which is determined as follows:

The actual emissions as of a particular date shall equal the average rate, in tons per year, at which the source operation or installation actually emitted the pollutant during the previous two-year period, and which represents normal operation. A different time period for averaging may be used if the director determines it to be more representative. Actual emissions shall be calculated using actual operating hours, production rates and types of materials processed, stored or combusted during the selected time period;

The director may presume that source specific allowable emissions for a source operation or inst...

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