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Hendry County staff outlines draft standards for residential shipping containers; board asks for maps and acreage limits
Summary
County planning staff presented options to regulate shipping containers in rural residential areas, proposing facades, screening, placement rules, limits on stacking and anchoring standards; commissioners asked staff to map lot sizes and consider acreage thresholds and overlays for Pioneer.
Hendry County Planning staff on Feb. 25 briefed the Board of County Commissioners on how the county could regulate shipping containers used for storage or as accessory structures in rural residential areas, proposing standards on appearance, screening, placement and anchoring while cautioning against unintended consequences such as clandestine habitation.
Ryan Alexander, director of Planning and Community Development, told the board current county rules allow temporary storage containers during moves or while constructing a home, typically removed by the time a certificate of occupancy is issued. The staff memo reviewed approaches other jurisdictions use and offered a set of recommended conditions if the board wants to permit shipping containers more broadly…
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