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Residential Portable Storage Units

A portable mini-storage unit is a container designed for the storage of personal property that is placed on a homeowner's lot, parcel or tract, and is designed to be delivered or removed from the homeowner’s site by truck or other street-legal vehicle.

A homeowner's residence includes a duplex, condominium unit and townhouse. Where applicable, the applicant is responsible to obtain homeowner’s association approval prior to the installation of the mini-storage unit.

A Certificate of Use (CU) is required to place a portable mini-storage unit on a residential property.

A temporary portable mini-storage unit is not a storage shed, roll-off container, dumpster, cargo/shipping container or the trailer portion of a tractor-trailer.

Neighborhood Compliance

To report a possible neighborhood code violation, call 311 or email [email protected].

For more information, call the Neighborhood Regulations Division at 786-315-2552.