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Beaufort County committee asks staff to draft code allowing shipping containers for agricultural use
Summary
The Natural Resources Committee directed staff to draft amendments to the community development code to allow shipping containers as structures for active agricultural uses, with parameters for size, setbacks, screening and number to be returned for committee review.
The Beaufort County Natural Resources Committee on Nov. 3 asked staff to draft ordinance language to allow shipping containers and similar units to be used as structures for active agricultural purposes, and directed that the draft include limits on size, setbacks, screening and the number permitted.
Planning staff told the committee that current community development code provisions — notably an accessory-structures rule and an architectural-standard prohibition — bar the use of shipping containers as primary or accessory structures. "Shipping containers, as structures…
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