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Aldermen debate cargo-container ordinance; planning-and-zoning unanimously urged prohibition in residential and commercial areas
Summary
Bill 5254, regulating cargo containers and accessory structures, prompted debate Oct. 1 over grandfathering, fairness to businesses that complied, and whether to prohibit containers in residential and commercial zones or permit them conditionally in industrial areas; no final vote was recorded on first reading.
The Board of Aldermen discussed Bill 5254 on Oct. 1, an ordinance that would regulate cargo containers and accessory buildings. The measure — sponsored at the meeting by Alderman Stewart — prompted extended discussion about grandfathering existing containers, fairness to businesses that removed containers to comply with planning-and-zoning, and whether any containers should remain allowed in certain industrial or…
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