A. No person who owns or operates a facility which installs, services, repairs or disposes of major refrigeration systems shall allow:

1. The installation, service, repair or disposal of a major refrigeration system in a manner involving the release or recharge of refrigerant without using refrigerant, reuse or recycling equipment; or

2. The intentional venting or avoidable release of refrigerants from a major refrigeration system.

B. No person who owns or operates a retail store, cold storage warehouse, or commercial or industrial building shall allow the intentional venting or avoidable release of any refrigerant from a major refrigeration system without recapturing and recycling such refrigerant. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to any alteration, renovation or demolition of the building or structure which contains the major refrigeration system.

C. Recovered refrigerant which cannot be reused or recycled shall be destroyed by a method which does not allow the release or escape of an ozone-depleting compound into the atmosphere. (Ord. 1990-18 § 2 (part))