Hampton Council reviews recommendations of planning and zoning board

An amended ordinance addressing Intermodal Storage Containers remains under review by the council after deliberations
     The Hampton City Council addressed several open topics at its regular workshop session on Oct. 24, focusing a majority of its efforts on an amended ordinance proposal from the planning and zoning board, about the city’s regulation of Intermodal Storage Containers (ISCs).
     ISCs are containers commonly used as shipping containers on freighters, transporting goods, as well as can be transported by trucks or trains. The planning and zoning board took up the issue due to a resident’s frustration about one small business owner’s addition of ICSs to the businesses current stock of containers.
     Public Works Director Doug Tarr represented the board before the council, and explained that this ordinance wouldn’t be too impactful to the community and “would be tucked away in the books for decades, coming out very few times.” Regardless, the discussion of ICSs sparked debate among council members and their abilities to dodge tax codes.

   Read the full article in the November 2 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.