TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Telly C. Whitfield, Ph.D. - Assistant City Manager
Dr. Gerald Newton, AICP - Development Services Director
FROM: Taurus Freeman, MPA - Planning & Zoning Division Manager
DATE: June 7, 2021
RE:
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TA21-005: Text Amendments to Article 30 of the Unified Development Ordinance regarding Donation Boxes.
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Strategic Operating Plan FY 2021
Goals 2026
Goal 3: City Investment in Today and Tomorrow
* Objective 3.4 - Revitalize neighborhood with effective code enforcement and violation abatement.
Executive Summary:
Development Services staff provided research on donation boxes sporadically placed throughout the city on September 8, 2020 at the City Council Work Session.
Per the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) definition, a recycling drop-off center is "a small collection facility where recyclable materials are purchased or accepted from the public. Typical uses include neighborhood recycling stations and thrift store collection trucks."
Recycling Drop-Off Centers a.k.a. "donation boxes" are allowed by land use in Office and Institutional (OI), Neighborhood Commercial (NC), Limited Commercial (LC), Community Commercial (CC), Mixed-Use (MU), Downtown (DT), Limited Industrial (LI), and Heavy Industrial (HI) zoning districts. A Special Use Permit is required in Single-Family 6 (SF-6), Mixed Residential 5 (MR-5), and Manufactured Home (MH) district, according to Table 30-4.A.2. Yet, there is no permitting process under the current City Code.
The following additional requirements must be met for a recycling drop-off center:
Section 30-4.C.5.f.5. Recycling Drop-Off Centers
A recycling drop-off center shall comply with the following standards:
a. The collection bin shall be located in or adjacent to an off-street parking area, and shall not occupy more than five percent of the total on-site parking spaces. The mobilit...
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