Description
A citywide text amendment allowing homes built from repurposed shipping containers in suburban single-family districts, with cladding and roof-screening requirements.
Impact summary
Opens a new, potentially cheaper homebuilding method in suburban residential parts of the city, with design rules to keep containers from looking industrial.
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · City Council
Approved7–0, unanimous
Last discussed Mar 12, 2026.
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