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Effective.Date: July 20, 2012 <br />ORDINANCE NO. 2012-07 (R) <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF ESCONDIDO, CALIFORNIA, <br />TO ADD ARTICLE 36, CARGO CONTAINERS <br />TO THE ESCONDIDO ZONING CODE <br />The City Council of the City of Escondido, California, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN <br />as follows: <br />SECTION 1. The use of cargo containers for accessory buildings, sheds, <br />storage, and other purposes has increased within the City causing in some instances <br />blight. <br />SECTION 2. Cargo containers present unique challenges to public safety, health <br />and welfare based on the lack of specific standards for usage as accessory buildings. <br />SECTION 3. Cargo containers, due to their size and industrial appearance, are <br />not appropriate for use as permanent accessory buildings or storage sheds in certain <br />areas of the City. <br />SECTION 4. The City desires, in order to protect the health, safety and welfare, <br />to regulate and provide for the use of such cargo containers. <br />SECTION 5. That cargo containers are portable personal property, commonly <br />sold on the open market and two years from the date of approval provides the owner a <br />reasonable opportunity to recoup the investment if adoption of this ordinance creates a <br />nonconforming use. <br />