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• <br /> <br />Staff Report <br />February 17, 2000 <br />Outside Storage of Shipping Containers <br />Zoning Ordinance Amendment <br />City Council has directed the Planning and Zoning Commission to assess and make <br />recommendations regarding zoning ordinance regulations relating to the outside storage <br />of shipping containers. Planning Dept. Staff presented this item to the Planning and <br />Zoning Commission for discussion on December 16, 1999. The following report was <br />developed from discussions and comments of that meeting. <br />Existing Requirements: <br />Zoning -Outside storage of shipping containers is currently an allowable <br />principal use in the Light Industrial (LI) and Heavy Industrial (H>) zoning <br />districts. Use of shipping containers as accessory buildings is allowed in all <br />zoning districts except the three residential districts (R-1, R-2, and R-3). Lastly, <br />shipping containers can be used for temporary material storage at construction <br />sites. Again, with the exception of the three residential zones. <br />Setbacks -The table for Industrial area requirements stipulates that outside <br />storage of shipping containers would need setbacks of Front-20', Rear-10', and <br />Side-5'. Shipping containers used as accessory buildings would adhere to the <br />setback requirements established for the individual zoning districts. <br />Landscaping /Screening -For the outside storage of shipping containers that is <br />adjacent to public right-of--way, there is required screening. A planting strip four <br />feet wide with evergreen plants that are a minimum height of four feet and within <br />two years grow to six feet in height is required. When shipping containers are <br />used as accessory buildings the ordinance simply states they shall be screened <br />from public view. <br />Maximum Height -There is no specific reference to a height limitation for <br />outside storage of shipping containers. However, staff has recognized and used <br />the maximum height of 45' in other industrial districts as the maximum height for <br />shipping containers. <br />Recommended Requirements: <br />Zoning -Outside storage of shipping containers, as a principal use, should be <br />allowed only in the Heavy Industrial (HI) zoning district. There is currently <br />vacant land with access to Barbours Cut /North Broadway, North 16~` Street, and <br />Fairmont Parkway at the UPRR that is zoned HI. Use of shipping containers as <br />