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103 PZ 24 PZC
APPLICANT: Lincoln County Planning & Development Office PROJECT: Land Use Regulations Amendment - Shipping Containers as Storage Units
PLANNER: Stephen P. Allen ____________________________________________________________________________________ PROPOSAL: Proposal is to Amend the Lincoln County Land Use Regulations to require shipping containers used as Commercial Storage Units to permit through a Conditional Use Permit instead of a
Zoning and Development Permit in both Rural and Mixed Use Zones. This will include adding specific
requirements for this use to have foundation systems and anchoring of units as defined in the International Building Code. ____________________________________________________________________________________
PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Planning Staff recommends that the Planning and Zoning Commission approve a 30-day notice to consider adoption of File # 103 PZ 24 Land Use Regulations Amendment - Shipping Containers as Storage Units.
__________________________________________________________________________________ PROPOSED CHANGES TO REGULATIONS: Create a new line to the Land Use Regulations Chapter 7.3 Land Use Table as follows:
Commercial Storage Units - Shipping Containers / Other: R = C, M = C, RC = Blank, I = P
Create Definition in Chapter 7 for Shipping Containers as follows;
INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONTAINER - As defined in the International Building Code; A six-sided
steel unit originally constructed as a general cargo container used for the transport of goods and materials. Create Paragraph in Land Use Regulations Chapter 6.8 LAND USE SITING STANDARDS AND
REQUIREMENTS as follows;
J. Commercial Storage Units - Shipping Containers / Other
LINCOLN COUNTY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT Land Use Regulation Amendment Proposal
REQUEST FOR 30 DAY NOTICE HEARING TIME AND DATE: 6:00 p.m., May 22, 2024 PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION HEARING TIME AND DATE: July 24, 2024 LOCATION: Lincoln County Courthouse, Commissioner Boardroom 3rd Floor, 925 Sage Ave., Kemmerer, Wyoming & Afton Planning & Development Office, 61 E. 5th Ave., Afton, Wyoming FILE # 103 PZ 24
103 PZ 24 PZC
Intermodal Shipping Containers used as commercial storage units that are 40 feet or longer and units that are 20 feet or shorter but designated as permanent, shall have;
Foundations. Two or more Intermodal shipping containers repurposed for the use as a permanent building or structure shall be supported on foundations or other supporting structures designed and constructed in accordance with Chapters 16 through 23 of the IBC Code.
Anchorage. Intermodal shipping containers shall be anchored to foundations or other supporting structures as necessary to provide a continuous load path for all applicable design and environmental loads in accordance with Chapter 16 of the IBC Code.
Intermodal Shipping Containers used as commercial storage units that are 20’ or shorter may be designated as mobile storage containers (pods) and will require a compacted surface with 8 inches of pit-run sub base, and 4 inches of road base. When two or more mobile storage pods are stored side by side, the units will be required to be tied together while not in transit.
Other; Any non-traditional storage unit construction, mobile unit, box truck, semi trailer, quonset hut, or other creative storage unit or pod intended to be rented as a storage unit requires a conditional use permit under this section.
Intermodal Shipping Containers and other unit types used as commercial storage units may require a
Plan Review from the Wyoming Department of Electrical Safety and Fire Prevention. BACKGROUND:
It has been expressed to the Planning Department that The Planning and Zoning Commission and the
Board of County Commissioners would like shipping containers used as commercial storage units to have a higher level of review during permitting. By changing the permitting process from a Zoning and Development Permit to a Conditional Use Permit, accomplishes this goal.
CORRESPONDENCE: Public Comments: No public comments have been made at this time.