Zoning ordinance heads for third reading

Heading for its third and final reading at next month’s meeting of the Sundance City Council, an ordinance that bans shipping containers in the residential district and advertising signs anywhere within town has now been amended to include the wording of two 2014 ordinances regarding fences.

The major component of the ordinance focuses on portable containers, such as shipping containers, which are specifically authorized for use within the industrial zone of the city. The ordinance states that they may be used for storage or manufacture of bulk petroleum, explosives or toxic materials or “any...