“Mining Reclamation.”
The term mining reclamation refers to the combined process of land treatment that minimizes water degradation, air pollution, damage to aquatic or wildlife habitat, flooding, erosion, and other adverse effects from surface mining operations, including adverse surface effects incidental to underground mines. Mined lands are reclaimed to a usable condition which is readily adaptable for alternate land uses and creates no danger to public health or safety. The process may extend to affected lands surrounding mined lands and may require backfilling, grading, resoiling, revegetation, soil compaction, stabilization, or other measures.
“Recreational Use.”
Public use of land for walking, hiking, skiing, riding, driving, picnicking, camping, swimming, boating, fishing, hunting or other outdoor games, or sports for which land or facilities are provided for public participation.
“Recreational Vehicle.”
A recreational vehicle is a motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without self-propelled motive power, designed for human habitation for recreational or emergency occupation, and which may be moved upon a public highway without a special permit or chauffeur’s license or both without violating any provision of the California Vehicle Code. A “self-contained recreational vehicle” shall be a recreational vehicle with a kitchen sink, cooking appliance, refrigeration facilities, and a separate bathroom containing a water closet with a flush toilet, lavatory, and bath tub or shower. A self-contained recreational vehicle shall have adequate provisions for the sleeping, bathing, sanitation, food preparation, and eating by the number of people occupying such a self-contained recreational vehicle.
“Recyclable Material.”
Recyclable material is reusable material including, but not limited to, metals, glass, plastic, and paper, which are intended for reuse, remanufacture, or reconstitution for the purpose of using the altered form. Recyclable material does not include refuse or hazardous material. Recyclable material may include used motor oil collected and transported in accordance with Sections 25250.11 and 25143.2(b)(4) of the California Health and Safety Code.
“Recycling Facility.”
A recycling center is a center for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials. A “certified recycling facility” or “certified processor” is a recycling facility certified by the California Department of Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage Container recycling and Litter Reduction Act of 1986. A recycling facility does not include storage containers or processing activity located on the premises of a residential, commercial, or manufacturing use and used solely for the recycling of material generated by that residential property, business or manufacturer. Recycling facilities may include the following:
(a) 
"Collection Facility."
A “collection facility” is a center for the acceptance, by donation, redemption, or purchase, of recyclable materials from the public. Such a facility does not use power-driven processing equipment except as provided by this Title. Collection facilities may include the following:
(1) 
Reverse vending machine(s).
(2) 
A “small collection facility” which occupies an area of not more than 500 square feet and may include:
(A) 
A mobile unit.
(B) 
Bulk reverse vending machines or a grouping of reverse vending machines occupying more than 50 square feet.
(C) 
Kiosk-type units, which may include permanent structures.
(D) 
Unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable materials.
(3) 
A “large collection facility” which may occupy an area of more than 500 square feet and may include permanent structures.
(b) 
"Processing Facility."
(1) 
A “processing facility” is a building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable material. Processing means the preparation of material for efficient shipment, or to an end-user’s specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning, and remanufacturing. Processing facilities include the following:
(A) 
A “light processing facility” occupies an area of under 45,000 square feet of gross collection, processing, and storage area and has up to an average of two outbound truck shipments per day. Light processing facilities are limited to baling, briquetting, crushing, compacting, grinding, shredding, and sorting of source-separated recyclable materials and repairing of reusable materials sufficient to qualify as a certified processing facility. A light processing facility shall not shred, compact, or bale ferrous metals other than food and beverage containers.
(B) 
A “heavy processing facility” is any processing facility other than a light processing facility.
(c) 
"Reverse Vending Machine(s)."
(1) 
A “reverse vending machine” is an automated mechanical device which accepts at least one or more types of empty beverage containers including, but not limited to, aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles, and cartons, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the container’s redemption value as determined by the State. A reverse vending machine may sort and process containers mechanically, provided that the entire process is enclosed within the machine. In order to accept and temporarily store all three container types in a proportion commensurate with their relative redemption rates and to meet the requirements of certification as a recycling facility, multiple grouping of reverse vending machines may be necessary.
A “bulk reverse vending machine” is a reverse vending machine that is larger than 50 square feet, is designed to accept more than one container at a time, and will pay by weight instead of by container.
(d) 
"Mobile Recycling Unit."
A “mobile recycling unit” is an automobile, truck, trailer, or van licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles which is used for the collection of recyclable materials. The term “mobile recycling center” also refers to the bins, boxes, or containers transported by trucks, vans, or trailers and used for the collection of recyclable materials.
“Rehabilitation.”
Rehabilitation means the restoration of deteriorated structures, neighborhoods, and public facilities. It may involve repair, renovation, conversion, expansion, remodeling, reconstruction, or any combination thereof.
“Responsible Person.”
For the purposes of Erosion Control, a responsible person is any person who creates a condition which may lead to accelerated erosion. If a specific person cannot be identified, the owner of the land where such a condition exists shall be considered the responsible person.
(Ord. 345 § 6, 2016)
“Retail Sale.”
A retail sale is a sale of commodities or goods for personal household or farm consumption directly to the ultimate consumer. Such sales are normally in small quantities and may include the rendering of services incidental to and supportive of the sale of such merchandise.
(Ord. 345 § 6, 2016)
“Road Easement.”
Any property which is reserved or in general use for road purposes to provide access for the public to otherwise inaccessible parcels of land, provided that such easements are not included in the definition herein of “street.”
“Road System.”
The term road system refers to the classification of streets and highways by their diverse functions and design. The following is the commonly used hierarchy of streets and highways for planning purposes.
(a) 
"Local Street."
A roadway allowing access to abutting land, serving local traffic only.
(b) 
"Collector."
A street used by traffic to travel from local streets to secondary or major highways; it usually allows direct access to abutting properties.
(c) 
"Emergency Access Route."
A two-lane street of high standards, designed, constructed, and specifically identified as an emergency access route to serve as a collector or distributor of neighborhood traffic and as an alternative access route in an emergency situation.
(d) 
"Major Arterial."
A road or thoroughfare which serves through traffic movement across urban areas, subject to controlled access from properties fronting on the right-of-way; intersecting streets are subject to appropriate spacing.
(e) 
"Secondary Highway."
A street serving traffic from collector streets and major highways which provides for traffic movement to and from traffic generators and attractors; the street is subject to controlled access from the properties fronting on the right-of-way; intersecting streets are subject to appropriate spacing.
(f) 
"Major Highway."
A street or thoroughfare which serves through traffic movement across urban areas or to major traffic generators and attractors; it is subject to controlled access from properties fronting on the right-of-way; intersecting streets are subject to appropriate spacing.
(g) 
"Mountain Secondary Highway."
A controlled access, moderate speed, two-lane highway, designed and constructed to accommodate high volumes of intercommunity traffic.
(h) 
"Mountain Expressway."
A limited access, high speed, four-lane highway, designed and constructed to accommodate large volumes of intercommunity traffic; it connects intensely developed areas and points of interest.
(i) 
"Freeway."
A multilane highway with full grade separation (i.e., intersections are separated by under or overpasses), median strips, and fencing or landscaping strips along the sides; it basically services inter-City and interstate traffic.