§ 9-35.080. Small Collection Facility Standards

A.

Purpose. This Section establishes reasonable and uniform procedures for approving small collection facilities for the collection of recyclable materials (i.e., bottles and cans) and shall not apply to the collection of Salvageable Personal Property.

B.

Permit requirement.

1.

A small collection facility may be approved by the Director for an initial time period deemed reasonable by the Director in compliance with the provisions for approving staff administrative actions in Section 9-52.030.

2.

A collection facility that does not fit within the definition of "small collection facilities" in Article 8 (Glossary) shall be processed in compliance with the criteria below and the procedures in Chapter 9-52 (Permit Review, Approval, Disapproval, or Modification).

C.

Criteria.

1.

The shopping center shall designate a "Recycle Collection Area" (RCA) for all recyclable material bins or containers. All trailers, bins and igloos shall be located within the RCA.

2.

The RCA in a shopping center existing on October 27, 1994 shall utilize existing landscaping to the maximum extent possible to enhance screening of the collection facility.

3.

Any bins or containers for recyclable materials shall be located clear of any driveways and/or entries.

4.

A clean bin shall be available for deposits of recyclable material to ensure that the area is maintained in a clean and neat manner when the main container is left unattended.

5.

The Recycle Collection Area in shopping centers built or remodeled (by an approved Commission-granted development permit) after October 27, 1994, shall consist of a concrete pad surrounded on three sides by concrete curbing with planters a minimum of six feet wide.

6.

Recycling-for-profit shall not occur on lots containing less than 100 parking spaces.

7.

In a shopping center built or remodeled in compliance with Section 9-40.040, six-foot high walls as measured from the point of highest grade shall be constructed behind any planter on sides visible to the street to further enhance screening of the facility. The walls shall be constructed of solid masonry with a decorative exterior surface finish compatible with any required perimeter walls or the main structures of the commercial/industrial complex.

8.

Signing shall be permitted in accordance with the criteria for "non-street frontage" for collection facilities (one-half square foot of signing per linear foot of facility).

(§ 5, Ord. 1085, eff. January 6, 2006, as amended by § 2 (Exh. A), Ord. No. 1213, eff. June 6, 2013)