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". . .of the processes and facilities by which discarded manufac- tured materials or waste products are converted or reduced to their raw material components for subsequent agricultural or industrial reuse. 'Resource recovery' does not include auto wrecking or junkyards as defined in Sections 9-3059 and 9-3100 or such other similar uses;" The proposed facility complies with local , state and federal terms of resource recovery as just defined. It would result in collection of residuals and waste products from field and orchard crops, converting them to a useable fuel in the form of briquettes. It would also include ) collection of discarded manufactured products, i .e. waste motor and used lubricating oils, and convert them to their raw material components (clean oil , water, dirt and metals) for subsequent agricultural or industrial re-use (briquettes and oil would be used as fuel for biomass processing and power generation) . However, waste oil is a hazardous waste and should be addressed as such when reviewing zoning compliance. Specific provisions of the County Zoning Ordinance, Section 9-4103, lists three criteria that influence the decision to issue a conditional permit: (1) "Any such use shall have been found by the Board of Zoning ) Adjustment that the materials processed and/or operational characteris- tics require a location outside of an urban area as designated on the General Plan;" 11 (2) "Any such use shall be located within means of solid fencing, earthen berms, natural or altered terrain, or solid evergreen hedge;" (3) "Such uses shall be encouraged to locate away from populated areas on soils of low agricultural productivity or potential ." Under the terms of provision 1, it is debatable whether the proposed facility would "require" a rural location. A non-urban location would be desirable given the project's heavy truck traffic, the importance of proximity to the raw materials for processing, the 3-10 104-3.R3 4/10/89