Sec. 5-5007.J
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Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Color restrictions
The exterior of a shipping container in residential and commercial districts must be painted in nonreflective, subtle, neutral or earth tones. The use of high intensity colors, metallic colors, black or fluorescent colors are prohibited.
- Fire access
No shipping container shall be placed on or otherwise block or restrict access to fire hydrants, fire lanes or required parking spaces.
- Hazardous chemical treatment
Shipping containers must be treated to limit or remove potential exposure to hazardous chemicals.
- Maximum containers on residential lots
No more than one (1) shipping container shall be allowed on a residential lot less than two (2) acres in area; no more than two (2) shipping containers shall be allowed on residential lots between two (2) and five (5) acres in area; and a maximum of five (5) containers shall be allowed on residential lots over five (5) acres in area.
- Maximum stacking in industrial3 containers
Shipping containers shall not be stacked to exceed a total of three (3) containers or thirty-eight (38) feet in height in industrial zoning districts, whichever is less.
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. only
Shipping containers shall be located in the rear yard of the principal structure only.
No shipping container shall be used as a residence.
- Stacking prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in residential/commercial
Shipping containers shall not be stacked in residential and commercial zoning districts.
- Structural integrity
The exterior of the shipping container shall be maintained structurally intact.
From the ordinance
The placement, use and storage of shipping containers shall be authorized only as follows: ...