REBUILD - The replacement/reconstruction of less than 50% of a building. If 50% or more of a building is being replaced/reconstructed, then this is considered new construction, not rebuilding.
RECREATIONAL ENTERPRISES AND FACILITIES - Means facilities that provide recreational uses including, without limitation, sports centers, open-air theaters, amusement parks, circuses, carnivals, fairgrounds, race tracks, swimming, golf, tennis clubs and similar facilities.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE - Any vehicle that can be towed, hauled, or driven, including a vehicle that is primarily designed as a temporary living accommodation, and that is used for recreational, camping, and travel use. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE includes, but is not limited to, travel trailers, truck campers, camping trailers, boats, self-propelled motor homes, and any vehicle conforming to Cal. Health & Safety Code § 18010.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS - Paper, newsprint, printed matter, pasteboard, paper containers, cardboard, glass, aluminum, polyethylene terephthalate and other plastics, beverage containers, compostable materials, and other products designated by the City Manager or the California Integrated Waste Management Board as recyclable. RECYCLABLE MATERIALS does not include refuse or hazardous materials.
RECYCLING - The process of collecting, sorting, cleansing, treating, and reconstituting materials that would otherwise become solid waste, and returning them to the economic mainstream in the form of raw material for new, reused, or reconstituted products which meet the quality standards necessary to be used in the marketplace. RECYCLING does not include transformation, as defined in Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 40201
RECYCLING AREA - A space allocated for collecting and loading recyclable materials.
RECYCLING FACILITY - Any center for the collection of recyclable materials. A RECYCLING FACILITY does not include storage containers on commercial property that are used solely for the recycling of material generated by that business. RECYCLING FACILITIES include reverse vending machines, small collection recycling facilities, mobile recycling units, and large collection recycling facilities. A RECYCLING FACILITY may include a collection or processing facility as follows:
(1) COLLECTION FACILITY - A center used for the acceptance of recyclable materials by donation, redemption, or purchase from the public. COLLECTION FACILITY may include the following:
(a) Reverse vending machine(s).
(b) Small collection facilities that do not occupy more than 500 square feet and which contain no permanent structures.
(c) Large collection facilities that occupy an area of more than 500 square feet and which may contain permanent structures.
(2) PROCESSING FACILITY - A building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing of recyclable materials, whereby processing means the preparation of material for efficient shipment, or to an end user's specifications, by such means as baling, briquetting, compacting, flattening, grinding, crushing, mechanical sorting, shredding, cleaning, and remanufacturing. PROCESS FACILITIES include the following:
(a) A
LIGHT PROCESSING FACILITY occupies an area of less than 45,000 square feet gross of collection, processing, and storage area; has an average of up to two outbound truck shipments per day; and does not involve any shredding, compacting, or baling of ferrous metals, other than food and beverage containers.
(b) A
HEAVY PROCESSING FACILITY is any processing facility other than a light processing facility.
(c) A
MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY is any facility where mixed municipal solid waste is sorted and separated, by hand or through the use of machinery, for the purpose of recovering recyclable materials.
REPLACEMENT COST - The actual cost to replace or reconstruct a damaged structure, facility, or feature, as determined by the appraisal of a qualified and approved appraiser.
RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM - Includes stock cooperatives and community apartment projects.
RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS - Includes stock cooperative and community apartment project conversions. The terms COOPERATIVE, COMMUNITY APARTMENT and CONDOMINIUM are considered synonymous.
RESIDENTIAL USE - See "Use, Residential."
REST HOME - Any place or institution which makes provision for bed care or for chronic or convalescent care for one or more persons exclusive of relatives, who by reason of illness or physical infirmity are unable to care for themselves; but in which no alcoholics, drug addicts, persons suffering from mental sickness, disease, disorder or ailment or from contagious or communicable diseases are kept and in which no surgical or other primary treatments such as are customarily provided in sanitariums or hospitals are performed. REST HOME includes all nursing facilities, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, intermediate care facilities/developmentally disabled, and congregate living health facilities as defined in Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1250.
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-THROUGH - A restaurant where the customers order and receive their food by driving to one or more windows. Such restaurants may also have dining areas for on-premises food consumption.
RESTAURANT, ENTERTAINMENT - A restaurant than includes, as an integral component, electronic or mechanical games, plays areas, billiards, or other forms of amusement.
RESTAURANT, FAST-FOOD - A restaurant that supplies food and beverages primarily in disposable containers, and that is characterized by high automobile accessibility, self-service, and short stays by customers.
RESTAURANT, SIT-DOWN - An establishment where food and drink are prepared, served, and consumed primarily within the principal building.
RETAIL, GENERAL -The selling of goods, wares, or merchandise directly to the ultimate consumer.
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY - A residential development designed exclusively for occupancy by retired or aged persons.
REVERSE VENDING MACHINE - A mechanical device that accepts one or more types of empty beverage containers, including aluminum cans, glass, and plastic bottles and cartons, and issues a cash refund or a redeemable credit slip with a value not less than the redemption value of the container. REVERSE VENDING MACHINES occupying an area larger than 500 square feet, or any combination of facilities occupying an area larger than 500 square feet, are considered recycling facilities.
RIGHT-OF-WAY - A defined area of land, either public or private, on which a right of passage has been recorded.
ROOM, HABITABLE - Any room used, or intended or designed to be used, for sleeping, living, cooking or dining purposes excluding such enclosed spaces as closets, pantries, bath or toilet rooms, service rooms, connecting corridors, laundries, unfinished attics, foyers, storage spaces, cellars, utility rooms and similar spaces.
ROOMING HOUSE - See Boarding House.
(Ord. 1100, passed 7-6-04; Am. Ord. 1167, passed 11-20-06; Am. Ord. 1169, passed 2-5-07)