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Council narrows plan to allow shipping-container homes only in existing RB trailer parks
Summary
The Gulfport City Council voted unanimously to amend a zoning text change permitting residential shipping-container parks only in existing manufactured-home (RB) parks and forbidding container residences on individual R2/R3 lots; the change requires planning commission approval and engineering/inspection compliance.
The Gulfport City Council on Dec. 16 amended a proposed zoning text change to allow residentially converted shipping-container parks only within existing manufactured-home parks zoned RB (residence-business) and not on individual R2 or R3 lots.
The action followed a presentation from city planning staff and a lengthy exchange with council members, who pressed for explicit language to prevent container residences from appearing in single-family residential neighborhoods. Councilmember Hines led the amendment and the council voted to pass the language as drafted; the clerk recorded the motion as passed unanimously.
City planning staff (Mr. Jones) told the council the planning commission recommended the text amendment after studying building-code compliance and wind/engineering requirements. "The building codes that have been adopted…
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