Article XI — RECYCLING CENTERS — Redlands Zoning Code

18.156.800: PURPOSE OF ARTICLE: ¶

The City Council finds that recycling of glass, plastic, aluminum and other nonferrous metals is important to the community and the sustainability of resources, and allowing for small collection recycling facilities in multiple locations in the City:

A. Provides a convenience to residents and encourages recycling activities.

B. The City Council finds that regulating recycling centers, also known as small collection facilities and container redemption centers, for glass, plastic, aluminum and other nonferrous metals is to ensure compatibility of such uses with surrounding uses and properties and to avoid any impacts associated with such uses.

C. The Council finds that regulation of such facilities is necessary in order to ensure that these facilities will provide a safe customer environment while not creating any adverse effects on surrounding properties nor contributing to a general decline of existing commercial districts or single-family neighborhoods. (Ord. 2870, 2018)

18.156.810: DEFINITIONS:

As used in this article, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them:

RECYCLE:	The process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating and reconstituting materials that would otherwise become solid waste, and return them to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused, or reconstituted products that meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace.
SMALL BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING CENTER:	A facility designed to only recycle California beverage containers (e.g., reverse vending machines), and which occupies an area of less than five hundred(500)square feet.
SMALL COLLECTION RECYCLING CENTER:	A site where beverage containers as defined in this title may be redeemed for cash or other compensation, which occupy an area not exceeding one thousand (1,000) square feet. Facility may accept containers by donation, redemption or purchase, and recyclable materials from the public (unless required as a certified recycling center by the California Public Resources Code). Said facility may be a beverage container recycling center or reverse vendingmachine(s).(Ord. 2870, 2018)

RECYCLE:

The process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating and reconstituting
materials that would otherwise become solid waste, and return them to the
economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused, or
reconstituted products that meet the quality standards necessary to be used
in the marketplace.

SMALL BEVERAGE
CONTAINER RECYCLING
CENTER:

A facility designed to only recycle California beverage containers (e.g.,
reverse vending machines), and which occupies an area of less than five
hundred(500)square feet.

SMALL COLLECTION
RECYCLING CENTER:

A site where beverage containers as defined in this title may be redeemed for
cash or other compensation, which occupy an area not exceeding one
thousand (1,000) square feet. Facility may accept containers by donation,
redemption or purchase, and recyclable materials from the public (unless
required as a certified recycling center by the California Public Resources
Code). Said facility may be a beverage container recycling center or reverse
vendingmachine(s).(Ord. 2870, 2018)

18.156.820: PERMIT REQUIREMENTS: ¶

A. The location and type of the proposed facility on any site shall be subject to the approval of an administrative use permit issued in accordance with chapter 18.193 of this title.

A small collection recycling center or a small beverage container recycling center may be an allowable use in any commercial or industrial zoning district of the City, including any commercial, industrial, or mixed use district of a specific plan, as an accessory use to an existing principal commercial or industrial use.
For purposes of this section, any mixed use (i.e., commercial and residential) zoning district, including any mixed use district of a specific plan, shall be considered a primarily commercial district, and small collection recycling facilities may be allowable as an accessory use to an existing principal commercial use.

B. Recycling centers and facilities are prohibited in all residential zoning districts in the City, including any residential only district of a specific plan.

C. Any existing small collection recycling center or beverage container recycling center without a permit to operate as of the date of this article shall have no more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of adoption to file an application for an administrative use permit. (Ord. 2870, 2018)

18.156.830: DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATING STANDARDS: ¶

A. A minimum of one hundred (100) linear feet of separation shall be provided between a proposed recycling facility and any residential property, as measured from the nearest residential property line.

B. An operational plan for a continuing cleaning and maintenance program, as well as the control of noise, odor, dust, litter, shall be submitted for review prior to application approval.

C. Conditions of approval may be imposed to protect the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare, including but limited to: days and hours of operation, odor and dust control, cleaning and maintenance of the facility and surrounding area, design and appearance of related structures, or any other conditions necessary to avoid or mitigate any potential nuisance effects of such facilities. (Ord. 2870, 2018)