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Council directs staff to draft ordinance after request to place shipping container near dog pound

Humboldt City Council · April 1, 2026
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Summary

Residents requested permission to place a shipping container near the new dog pound; City Attorney Fred Works told the council rezoning and a variance would be required, and the council authorized the city attorney and administrator to draft an ordinance to allow the container.

Cindy Holinsworth and Sheri Modlin asked the Humboldt City Council to consider placing a shipping container near the city's new dog pound during the April 13 meeting.

City Attorney Fred Works told the council they "would need to get the area rezoned, file a variance with the board of zoning appeals." Following that guidance, the council voted to authorize City Attorney Fred Works and City Administrator Cole Herder to draft an ordinance that would allow a container at that location; the motion (Francis/Lassman) carried unanimously.

The transcript records the legal steps identified by the city attorney but does not include a draft ordinance or a timetable for public hearings; staff will prepare the ordinance language and return it to the council for consideration, following the rezoning and variance processes described by the attorney.