Staff Recommendation

APPROVE the amendments as submitted.

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At the request of Councilperson Rob Frost, the MPC staff has prepared the attached amendments to the Knoxville Zoning ordinance regulating the location of portable storage containers in residential, office and neighborhood zoning districts. The purpose of these amendments is not to prohibit their use outright, but to provide some control for their use in areas where there may be an impact on residential development.

These amendments were postponed at the August 12, 2004, Planning Commission meeting to allow the staff additional time to consider concerns raised by businesses who sell and lease these containers. The staff met with Councilperson Frost, City law and plans review department representatives, and representatives from several local storage container venders to address these concerns on August 24, 2004.

The attached draft incorporates some of the changes that were discussed at the August 24th meeting, and these changes are underlined. The proposed amendments include a definition for "portable storage container", propose minimum criteria for their location and establish the use as a "temporary use" in residential, office and the C-1 (Neighborhood Commercial) districts. These amendments will not affect the location of portable storage containers in the more intense commercial districts and industrial zones, but only in those zones where they could have an impact in neighborhoods.

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Disposition Summary

APPROVE the amendments