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Ocean Shores planners vote to add shipping‑container rules to accessory‑structure code
Summary
The Planning Commission voted May 27 to insert intermodal shipping‑container language into the accessory‑structure section of the municipal code (to be codified at 17.50.110) and to add exceptions that would generally restrict permanent conex placement in residential zones. Commissioners discussed time limits, construction use, and enforcement.
The Ocean Shores Planning Commission voted May 27 to add a reference to intermodal shipping containers ("conex") into the city's accessory‑structure code and to direct staff to include related definitions in the 17.50.110 code section for transmittal to council.
Marshall, community development staff, explained the commission needed consistent, cross‑referenced definitions so "people know exactly what we're talking about, and they're not relying on me to interpret what this means in relation or tying that to the definition, in the title 17." He recommended using a definition phrased "intermodal shipping containers / conex: a 6‑sided steel…
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