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15-2-19: "R" DEFINITIONS:
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: A change in a rule, policy, practice, or service necessary to afford a person with a disability equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling. As used in this definition:
   Equal Opportunity: Achieving equal results as between a person with a disability and a nondisabled person.
   Necessary: The applicant must show that, but for the accommodation, one or more persons with a disability likely will be denied an equal opportunity to enjoy housing of their choice.
   Reasonable: A requested accommodation will not undermine the legitimate purposes of existing zoning regulations notwithstanding the benefit that the accommodation would provide to a person with a disability.
RECREATIONAL COACH: A vehicle such as a recreational trailer, tent camper trailer, truck camper, travel trailer, camp car or other vehicle with or without motive power, designed and/or constructed to travel on the public thoroughfare in accordance with the provisions of the Utah Motor Vehicle Code, and designed for the use of temporary human habitation.
RECREATIONAL COACH PARK: Any area or tract of land or a separate designated section within a manufactured home park where one or more spaces are rented or held out for rent to owners or users of recreational coaches for a temporary time not to exceed two (2) weeks.
RECREATIONAL COACH SPACE: A plot of ground within a manufactured home park designated and intended for the accommodation of one recreational coach.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS: Reusable material, including, but not limited to, glass, plastics and synthetic materials, paper products such as newspaper, stationery, scrap paper, computer paper and corrugated cardboard, rubber, batteries, ferrous and nonferrous metals, concrete, asphalt, wood, building materials, or any "junk or salvage material", as defined herein, which are intended for reuse, remanufacture, or reconstitution for the purpose of using in altered form. Recyclable material does not include refuse or hazardous materials nor does it include coins, precious metals or commercial grade precious metals if they are the sole recyclable material.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS, LIMITED: Aluminum cans, plastic, or scrap paper such as newspapers, stationery, computer paper, or magazines, but not including cardboard materials or boxes.
RECYCLING COLLECTION CENTER: A facility located in an enclosed building for the acceptance by donation, redemption, or purchase, of recyclable materials, which have been source separated by type by the person who last used the material. Such facility may allow limited compacting or crushing of recyclable materials and may allow temporary outdoor storage of such recyclable materials if stored in weather resistant containers.
RECYCLING DROP OFF STATION: A facility maintained in connection with another use consisting of reverse vending machines or unattended weather resistant containers that are provided for collection of limited recyclable materials which have been source separated by type by the person who last used the material. A recycling drop off station shall not include weather resistant containers located on a residential, commercial or manufacturing designated parcel used solely for the collection of recyclable material generated on the parcel.
RECYCLING PROCESSING CENTER: A facility that accepts, stores or processes recyclable materials, whether or not maintained in connection with another business. Processing includes baling, briquetting, crushing, compacting, grinding, shredding, sawing, shearing, and sorting of recyclable materials and the heat reduction or melting of such materials. Recycling processing center includes junk or salvage yards where processing of recyclable material is included, but does not include recycling drop off stations or recycling collection stations.
REHABILITATION/TREATMENT FACILITY: A facility licensed by or contracted by the State of Utah to provide temporary occupancy and supervision of individuals (adults/juveniles) in order to provide rehabilitation, treatment, or counseling services. Without limitation, such services may include rehabilitation, treatment, counseling, or assessment and evaluation services related to delinquent behavior, alcohol and drug abuse, sex offenders, sexual abuse, or mental health. Associated education services may also be provided to juvenile occupants.
RESIDENCE, RESIDENTIAL FACILITY: Any building or portion thereof where an individual is actually living at a given point in time and intends to remain, and not a place of temporary sojourn or transient visit.
RESIDENTIAL CHICKEN: A female domesticated fowl of the genus Gallus, commonly referred to as a hen chicken.
RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR ELDERLY PERSONS: A dwelling unit that is either owned by one of the residents or by an immediate family member of one of the residents, or is a facility for which the title has been placed in trust for a resident; and is occupied on a twenty four (24) hour per day basis by eight (8) or fewer elderly persons in a family type arrangement, together with any incidental domestic staff. A "residential facility for elderly persons" shall not include any facility:
   A.   Which is operated as a business; provided, that such facility may not be considered to be operated as a business solely because a fee is charged for food or for actual and necessary costs of operation and maintenance of the facility;
   B.   Where persons being treated for alcoholism or drug abuse are placed;
   C.   Where placement is not on a strictly voluntary basis or where placement is part of, or in lieu of, confinement, rehabilitation, or treatment in a correctional institution;
   D.   Which is a healthcare facility as defined by section 26-21-2 of the Utah Code; or
   E.   Which is a residential facility for persons with a disability.
RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY: A residence in which more than one person with a disability resides, together with any incidental domestic staff, and which is:
   A.   Licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services under title 62A, chapter 2, of the Utah Code, Licensure of Programs and Facilities; or
   B.   Licensed or certified by the Department of Health under title 26, chapter 21, of the Utah Code Health Care Facility Licensing and Inspection Act.
RESIDENTIAL GARAGE SALES OR YARD SALES: The occasional sale of surplus household goods or furnishings as a use accessory to a dwelling. Sales held more frequently than three (3) days in any one calendar quarter shall be considered a retail use and not "occasional" in nature, nor a use accessory to a dwelling. A residential garage sale or yard sale shall not include goods or property:
   A.   Acquired for the purpose of resale, barter or exchange; or
   B.   Manufactured or repaired for the purpose of sale as part of a home occupation.
RESIDENTIAL VACATION RENTAL: Use of a dwelling unit for temporary sojourn or transient visit for a period of up to thirty (30) consecutive days by a person or group of people whose primary residence is at another location; who provide compensation, in any form, in exchange for occupancy; and where meals or food are not provided.
RESTAURANT: A place of business where food and beverages are prepared, served and sold for human consumption. A restaurant does not include a business:
   A.   Engaged in the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages unless licensed by the City and the State of Utah;
   B.   That provides entertainment for its patrons unless zoned for and licensed as a cabaret or adult live entertainment business; or
   C.   Where the annual revenue from the sale of food is less than the annual revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages.
RETAIL TOBACCO SPECIALTY BUSINESS: A commercial establishment in which:
   A.   The sale of tobacco products accounts for more than thirty five percent (35%) of the total annual gross receipts for the establishment;
   B.   Food and beverage products excluding gasoline sales, is less than forty five percent (45%) of the total annual gross receipts for the establishment; and
   C.   The establishment is not licensed as a pharmacy under title 58, chapter 17b, Pharmacy Practice Act of the Utah Code.
Tobacco products for sale in a retail specialty business are defined as:
   A.   Any cigar, cigarette or electronic cigarette as defined in section 76-10-101, Utah Code Annotated;
   B.   A tobacco product as defined in section 59-14-102, Utah Code Annotated, including chewing tobacco or any substitute for a tobacco product including flavoring or additives to tobacco;
   C.   Tobacco paraphernalia as defined in section 76-10-104.1, Utah Code Annotated;
   D.   Liquid for producing vapor in electronic cigarettes, regardless of whether such liquid contains nicotine.
RETIREMENT HOME: A residential facility designed, occupied and intended for residents fifty (50) years of age or older, where common facilities for cooking and dining are available to all residents and independent facilities are provided for living, sleeping and sanitation.
REVERSE VENDING MACHINE: An automated mechanical device, maintained in connection with another use, which accepts at least one or more types of limited recyclable materials and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip. A reverse vending machine may sort and process containers mechanically; provided, that the entire process is enclosed within the machine.
(Ord. 2017-50, 12-19-2017; amd. Ord. 2020-24, 6-23-2020)