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Richfield council OKs first reading of portable-storage-container limits after amendments
Summary
The council approved a first reading amending city code to limit temporary outdoor portable storage containers, adding a 60-day maximum (90 days per year), a two-container limit in most cases, and explicit bans on using containers for human or animal habitation. The ordinance returns for second reading.
The Richfield City Council unanimously passed a first reading on Aug. 26 of an ordinance tightening rules for temporary outdoor portable storage containers, approving amendments that set a 60-day consecutive limit for most uses, restrict annual cumulative use to 90 days, cap containers at two in most circumstances and explicitly ban human or animal habitation in the containers.
The change applies to portable hard-sided storage containers placed on private property. The ordinance as amended keeps the previously proposed maximum container size of 16 by 8 by 8 feet and adds language clarifying permitted placement and time limits. The council voted to send the ordinance to second reading on Sept. 9.
City staff told the council the ordinance responds to recurring resident complaints about older, rusted containers being left in…
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