The provisions of this chapter shall be known as the recycling space allocation requirements. The purpose of these provisions is to prescribe standards by which to ensure consistency with the requirements of Chapter 18 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, commencing with Section 42900, known as the California Solid Waste Reuse and Recycling Access Act of 1991, and to ensure the provision of adequate, accessible, and convenient locations for the collection and storage of recyclable materials within containers and enclosures which are compatible with surrounding land uses and structures. These standards shall apply to certain affected development projects as specified in Section 17.118.020. (Ord. 11807 § 1 (part), 1995: prior planning code § 7600)

The following development projects shall provide adequate, accessible, and convenient areas for collecting and loading recyclable materials:
A. Any new residential development of five units or more where solid waste is collected and loaded in a location serving five or more living units, or new commercial or industrial development including marinas, for which a building permit is required, and said permit application is submitted on or after the effective date of these regulations;
B. Any new public facility where solid waste is collected and loaded and any improvements made to areas of an existing public facility used for collecting and loading solid waste;
C. Any existing residential development project of five units or more where solid waste is collected and loaded in a location serving five or more living units, or existing commercial or industrial development including marinas, for which an application for a building permit is submitted on or after September 1, 1994 for an alteration(s) which adds thirty (30) percent or more to the existing gross floor area of the development project;
D. Any existing residential development project of five units or more where solid waste is collected and loaded in a location serving five or more living units, or existing commercial or industrial development or marina, for which multiple applications for building permits are submitted within a twelve (12) month period on or after September 1, 1994, which collectively add thirty (30) percent or more to the existing gross floor area of the development project;
E. Any existing residential development project of five units or more where solid waste is collected and loaded in a location serving five or more living units, or existing commercial or industrial development or marina, occupied by multiple tenants, one of which submits within a twelve (12) month period an application or a series of applications for building permits for alterations which singly or collectively add thirty (30) percent or more to the existing floor area of that portion of the project which said tenant leases. In such cases, adequate areas for the collection and loading of recyclable materials adequate in number and capacity to serve that portion of the development project said tenant leases shall be provided. (Ord. 11807 § 1 (part), 1995: prior planning code § 7601)

The design, location and maintenance of recycling collection and storage areas must substantially comply with the provisions of the Oakland City Planning Commission “Guidelines for the Development and Evaluation of Recycling Collection and Storage Areas,” as they may be amended. In addition, space devoted to the collection and storage of recyclable materials shall be adequate in capacity, number and distribution to serve the affected development.
A. Space allocated for recycling collection and storage areas within affected residential projects shall be provided in the amount of two cubic feet of storage and collection space per residential unit, with a minimum requirement that not less than ten cubic feet be provided.
B. Space allocated for recycling collection and storage areas within affected commercial, industrial and public facility projects shall be provided in the amount of two cubic feet of storage and collection space per each one thousand (1,000) square feet, or portion thereof, of the total gross building square footage, with a minimum requirement that not less than ten cubic feet be provided. (Ord. 11807 § 1 (part), 1995: prior planning code § 7602)

Plans indicating the proposed design, size and location of both new and existing recycling and trash enclosures shall be submitted to the Director of City Planning to be reviewed concurrently during the appropriate review procedure required for the proposed development. For those development projects not requiring planning applications but for which building permits are required, plans indicating the design, size and location of recycling and trash enclosures shall be submitted to the Building Official, to be included with the building permit plan check submittal for the proposed development project. (Ord. 11807 § 1 (part), 1995: prior planning code § 7603)