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Jurupa Valley council asks staff to study easing rules on residential shipping containers
Summary
At a Nov. 21 study session the council directed staff to return with options to relax the city’s strict rules on metal shipping containers — including smaller-lot thresholds, paint and screening requirements, and a simpler administrative permit — while preserving neighborhood aesthetics and code enforcement tools.
Jurupa Valley’s City Council spent the study-session portion of its Nov. 21 meeting examining the municipal code limits on metal shipping containers and asked staff to return with concrete options to allow limited residential use.
Planning staff noted the city’s current code (Municipal Code §9.240.510) prohibits shipping containers as a principal use in most zones and allows them as an accessory use only under a set of stringent conditions: the site must be at least five acres, only one container is permitted, containers must be set 50 feet from property lines and be painted a neutral color, screened, sited on the rear half of the lot and placed at least 1,000 feet from residentially zoned parcels when used as a principal…
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