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Hendry County commissioners consider allowing shipping containers as backyard accessory structures on larger lots
Summary
Planning staff presented a first reading of LDC 25‑00001 to permit shipping containers (conex) as accessory uses on residential lots meeting size and screening standards; staff will return with acreage and size analyses before adoption.
Planning director Ryan Alexander presented the first reading of LDC 25‑00001 on April 22, proposing amendments to the Hendry County Land Development Code to allow shipping containers as accessory structures on qualifying residential parcels.
Under the draft language presented, shipping containers would be permitted only on residentially zoned parcels of at least 1.25 acres in certain communities, limited to one container per 1.25 acres and a maximum of two containers per parcel. Containers would be required to sit behind the primary residence and be fully screened from the public right of way with a six‑foot opaque fence, wall, or landscaped hedge that…
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