No recycling area shall be required to be constructed until such time that the development will be served by a recycling program. In the event that such a recycling program is not available to a development project, construction of the recycling area may be deferred. In the event the applicant for a building permit for a development project decides to defer construction, the owner shall submit plans for the recycling area to the Building Department along with construction cost estimates, at the time of application for a building permit. Upon approval of the plans and of the construction cost estimate, county will deem this article has been complied with, upon the payment of cash in the amount of 150% of the approved construction cost estimate and the execution of a deferred improvement agreement in a form approved by the County Counsel. The agreement shall be recorded and shall insure the construction of recycling area, not later than three years from the date of issuance of the building permit. Deferral may be extended for additional three-year periods if before the expiration of the three-year deferral period, the owner(s) of the development submit new construction cost estimates and pay 150% of the new estimate, provided of course that the recycling program still is not available. The purpose of the 150% cash payment shall be to insure construction of the recycling area when a recycling program serves the development. The cash shall be returned upon satisfactory proof the recycling area has been properly constructed. All unused interest accruing to the cash deposit shall be retained by county to be used solely to support the county recycling program.
(1966 Code, § 5-43) (Ord. 638, § 2(part))