"Recycling plant" otherwise known as a "processing plant," means a totally enclosed building or structure within which the receipt, storage, processing, and/or collection for redistribution or sale of presorted paper, iron, metal, glass, plastic, newspaper, and other nonbiodegradable recyclable materials deemed appropriate by the planning commission, can occur for the purpose of reutilization of such materials. Recyclable materials may not be directly purchased from consumers. Purchases from drop-off collection program operators, curbside program operators, community service program operators, vendors, recycling centers and other similarly managed agencies are permitted. Hazardous and biodegradable materials including, but not limited to, food, beverages, drugs, cosmetics, hazardous chemicals, poisons, medical wastes, syringes, needles, pesticides, and other similar materials shall not be brought into or handled by a recycling plant. “Processing” means the preparation of recycled material for efficient shipment by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, conversion, flattening, grinding, crushing, separation, sorting, shredding, smelting, cleaning, or any other similar activity.
(Ord. 912 § 5, 1998; Ord. 1089 § 6, 2014)