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Planning staff proposes to allow permanent shipping-container structures with zoning, building-code and safety conditions
Summary
Planning staff presented draft revisions to Sumner County's zoning resolution to allow intermodal shipping containers as permanent accessory or primary structures when they meet zoning, building code, and health-and-safety standards; staff said health-and-safety standards remain pending and no formal recommendation vote is recorded in the transcript.
Planning staff presented proposed revisions Dec. 16 to Chapter 11 (section 11.01) of the Sumner County zoning resolution that would reclassify intermodal shipping containers so they could be permitted as permanent accessory or primary structures when they comply with zoning district standards, building codes and health-and-safety requirements.
Staff said the commission studied the issue for about a year, removed previously proposed restrictive language, and reorganized Chapter 11 to clarify how shipping containers and other portable structures are treated. The packet included draft language and health-and-safety standards; staff emphasized the…
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