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Council extends moratorium on shipping-container structures for one year while zoning rewrite finishes
Summary
Frasier extended a one-year moratorium on using shipping containers as permanent structures; staff said the draft zoning ordinance would prohibit permanent shipping-container structures and the extension will remain in place until new zoning is adopted.
Council voted to extend for one year a moratorium on using shipping containers as permanent structures while the city finalizes a revised zoning ordinance.
Staff said a resident inquiry earlier prompted the original moratorium and that the zoning rewrite, expected before council in June or July, includes language prohibiting shipping containers as permanent residential structures. Council members discussed aesthetics and standards; some said they could support limited, well-designed container structures but most favored the moratorium to give staff time to finish the zoning package.
Ending: The council approved a one-year extension. Staff said the moratorium will expire upon council adoption of the new zoning ordinance, or after the one-year period if the ordinance has not been approved.
