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Commission approves zoning text amendment to allow controlled use of shipping-container buildings in downtown open space

3684450 · June 5, 2025
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Summary

The Planning Commission unanimously recommended that City Council adopt a zone text amendment permitting commercial container buildings in designated downtown commercial private open space with limits on quantity, proximity to restrooms and façade improvements.

The Woodstock Planning Commission unanimously voted June 5 to recommend City Council adopt ZTA 016-2025, a zone text amendment updating downtown open-space rules to allow limited, controlled use of repurposed shipping-container buildings for commercial operations.

Background and proposal Cameron (staff), presenting the amendment, said the city’s Land Development Ordinance (LDO) currently requires a minimum of 20% of new downtown development acreage be allocated to open space, and that open space may be satisfied by several forms (public open space, private residential open space, parks/plazas, or commercial private open space). Developers and business owners had inquired about siting container-style buildings in downtown commercial…

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