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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 15-514 Recycling collection stations.">
  <section prefix="§" num="15-514" heading="Recycling collection stations.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="“Recycling collection station” defined.">
      <para num="(1)">“Recycling collection station” means a receptacle, usually a trailer or roll-off, that is located on a hard surface and used for collecting recyclable materials, including paper (corrugated boxes, high grade paper, newspapers, and the like), cans (aluminum, tin, or bi-metal), aluminum scrap, non-ferrous metal (copper, brass, zinc, lead, or tin), glass bottles, and plastics.</para>
      <para num="(2)">“Recycling collection station” includes receptacles for the collection of leaf and yard waste.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Standards.">Recycling collection stations are conditional uses, subject to the following standards:<para num="(1)">No mechanical processing or shredding is allowed on-site.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In approving a recycling collection station, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals must consider:<para num="(i)">the size of the transfer trailer or roll-off and its location on the site;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">availability of off-street parking and the impact on any existing parking lot;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">whether an attendant is to be provided or required and the hours of operation, which must be clearly posted on the trailer or roll-off;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">impact on adjacent residences or businesses;</para>
        <para num="(v)">whether other recycling collection stations are in the immediate neighborhood;</para>
        <para num="(vi)">whether landscaping or screening is needed and what is to be provided; and</para>
        <para num="(vii)">compliance with all applicable building, housing, and &lt;cite data-path="|health"&gt;health code standards.&lt;/cite&gt;</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-015</annotation>
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</baltimore-city-law>
