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Planning Commission approves United Rentals request to stack empty shipping containers up to 50 feet
Summary
The commission approved a conditional‑use permit allowing United Rentals to store empty intermodal shipping containers on Leer Boulevard, with conditions limiting stacking height near property lines and requiring paved stacking areas and industry standard stacking practices.
The Reno City Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a conditional‑use permit allowing outdoor storage of empty shipping containers at a United Rentals site on Leer Boulevard, including stacked containers up to 50 feet in height in the rear of the lot.
Associate planner Jeff Foster told commissioners the site is roughly 8.45 acres and in the industrial zone; outdoor storage is allowed by right but storage over 10 feet requires a conditional‑use permit with screening as appropriate. Foster…
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