A. Location.
1. Site Access. Access to a recycling collection station shall be from a collector or arterial, except that a local street may be used where the site is located in a Commercial or Industrial land use category.
2. Facility Location. Outside of any street right-of-way. In rural or village areas where a public waste collection point has been established by the county, a proposed recycling collection station shall use the same site.
B. Minimum Site Area. None required.
C. Setbacks. None required, provided that no collection station shall be within one hundred feet of an intersection.
D. Parking Requirement.
1. Rural or Village Areas. A collection station in a rural or village area shall be located to allow a user vehicle to pull entirely off the street pavement while using the facility, and sufficient area shall be provided to accommodate two vehicles at the same time.
2. Urban Areas. No parking is required, unless on-street parking is unavailable at the site, in which case at least two off-street spaces shall be provided.
E. Design Standards. A recycling collection station shall be designed as follows:
1. Containers. Portable containers shall be used, placed within a stationary wood framework, solid fence or bin, or otherwise designed to prevent the containers from being overturned.
2. Container Enclosure. To be equipped with a lid to prevent access to stored materials be animals or vermin, and to preclude stored paper from being scattered by wind.
3. Maximum Area. A collection station shall be no larger than two hundred square feet.
4. Signing. All recycling collection stations shall be provided instructional signing indicating how materials shall be separated, and stating any limitations on the types of material accepting for recycling.
F. Maintenance. All collection stations shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, with no material stored or discarded outside the container enclosure. All collection stations shall be emptied at intervals sufficient to preclude containers from being filled, but in no case are containers to be emptied less than once every seven days. (Ord. 2982 § 1 (part), 2002)