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Zoning in the City of Portland
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Mar 30, 2007 3:15 PM
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I work for Mercy Corps NW and we have a client who would like to do welding business at home. He plans to put shipping container in his backyard and perform welding services for his customers out of that container. He will not have store so his customers would not come to his work site. It is only going to be work shop.
How do I find out if it is allowed to do that on his backyard?
Thank you,
Dina
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Re: Zoning in the City of Portland
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Mar 30, 2007 3:27 PM
in response to:
Dina Lukyanova
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> I work for Mercy Corps NW and we have a client who
> would like to do welding business at home. He plans
> to put shipping container in his backyard and perform
> welding services for his customers out of that
> container. He will not have store so his customers
> would not come to his work site. It is only going to
> be work shop.
> How do I find out if it is allowed to do that on his
> backyard?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dina
The City of Portland has a policy that addresses the use of cargo containers as buildings. This link will take you there: http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=68569
Performing welding inside the container would be using it as "habitable space". Having the container approved for that use will be more complicated than if the container was just to be used for storage. I would expect that is going to require that your client provide the city with some engineering. The only cargo container I know of, that is in use as a habitable building, was converted by a flower shop operator who also happened to be a skilled welder. Her welding background made this conversion a practical project-- so it's not like it can't be done!
I would suggest that your client first familiarize himself with the cargo container policy. Then, he should draw up a scale plan of his lot, showing the proposed location of the container in relation to the property lines and the house. With this plan in hand, he should visit the Development Services Center (DSC) at 1900 SW 4th. They open, weekdays, at 7:30 am and the doors close at 3 pm. On Thursday nights, the DSC opens again from 5 pm to 7:30 pm. In the DSC, a Planner can talk to your client about setbacks and other zoning issues affecting the placement of the container, as well as Home Occupation permit limitations. A Life Safety Reviewer can discuss building code requirements such as exiting and ventilation. A Structural Reviewer can tell him what kind of engineering will be required, to address both seismic and attachment to the ground. I wish him lots of luck!
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