HomeMy WebLinkAbout2772 Recycling Facilities ORDINANCE NO. 2772
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ASHLAND
MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 18.72 OF THE LAND USE
ORDINANCE, REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF
RECYCLING FACILITIES FOR ALL COMMERCIAL AND
MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1, Section 18.72.060.K.4. of the Ashland Municipal Code, Land Use
Ordinance is amended to read:
4. Opportunity-to-recycle site and solid waste receptacle, including proposed
screening.
SECTION 2, Section 18.72.115 of the Ashland Municipal Code, Land Use Ordinance is
added to read:
18.72.115 - Recycling Requirement~ All commercial and multi-family developments,
requiring a site review as indicated in 18.72.040, shall provide an opportunity-to-recycle
site for use of the project occupants.
A. Commercial. Commercial developments having a solid waste receptacle shall
provide a site of equal or greater size adjacent to or with access comparable to
the solid waste receptacle to accommodate materials collected by the local solid
waste franchisee under its on-route collection program for purposes of recycling.
Both the opportunity-to-recycle site and the common solid waste receptacle shall
be screened by fencing or landscaping such as to limit the view from adjacent
properties or public rights-of-way.
B. Multi-Family Residential. All newly constructed multi-family units, either as
part of an existing development or as a new development, shall provide an
opportunity-to-recycle site in accord with the following standards:
1. Multi-family developments NOT sharing a common solid waste
receptacle shall provide an individual curbside recycling container for each
dwelling unit in the development.
2. Multi-family developments sharing a common solid waste receptacle
shall provide a site of equal or greater size adjacent to or with access
comparable to the common solid waste receptacle to accommodate
materials collected by the local solid waste franchisee under its residential
on-route collection program for purposes of recycling. Both the
opportunity-to-recycle site and the common solid waste receptacle shall be
screened by fencing or landscaping such as to limit the view from adjacent
properties or public rights-of-way.
The foregoing ordinance was first READ on the ,.-~ / day of /~_~t.~'I~.~'~, 1995,
and duly PASSED and ADOIrI'ED this d~? day of f~J~ 199.
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this ~,~'
Approved as to form:
day of
~~, 1995.
Catherine M. Golden, Mayor