DEFINITION

A facility that accepts materials, such as dry paper, glass, cans, or plastics, for storage and processing by power-driven equipment for the subsequent reuse in the secondary materials market.

STANDARDS

1. Outdoor storage or operations of the recycling facility may not be located within the frontage zone and must be visually screened from any thoroughfare by a building, landscape buffer, fence, or wall. Outdoor storage or operations of any kind are prohibited outside the screened area.
2. Recycling drop-off facilities, manned or unmanned, must be located behind the frontage zone.