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Tazewell council approves zoning amendment language for shipping containers, schedules second reading and several public hearings
Summary
Councilors approved language to add shipping containers as a permitted use in the Industrial General M‑1 district as it relates to definitions, scheduled the ordinance's second reading for April 8, and set multiple public hearings including one on a proposed credit‑card processing fee.
During the March 11 meeting the Tazewell Town Council opened a joint public hearing and reviewed a proposed zoning text amendment to permit shipping containers in the Industrial General M‑1 district.
Notice and legal basis: The chair read the public‑hearing notice that cited state and local provisions — Virginia Code §15.2‑2204, the town charter and town code — and told attendees copies of the proposed ordinance amendment were available for public inspection.
Council action: The council voted to skip a second reading at a future meeting and then approved the ordinance amendment language as it applies to definitions, effectively adding "shipping containers" to the list of permissible uses in the M‑1 district. The second reading was scheduled for the April 8 meeting.
Other public hearings and schedule items: Council also set public hearings on other items on the agenda, including a charter amendment related to the town manager’s residency/mileage language and a public hearing to consider a transfer of town property at 1616 Riverside Drive to the IDA; staff noted the second reading and public‑hearing dates and times for those items were on the meeting calendar.
What was not decided: The council approved the amendment language for definitions and scheduled the second reading; any final adoption following public comment and the second reading remains subject to the follow‑up meeting.
