{"id":6910,"date":"2020-02-29T09:44:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T15:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/?p=6910"},"modified":"2020-02-29T09:44:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T15:44:23","slug":"container-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/?p=6910","title":{"rendered":"Container planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In Chicago, you always want to get the right permit for the job. And my next job was to install a 20 foot decommissioned shipping container in our yard to serve as a garden shed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind, I made sure that we met the various zoning requirements. My intent was to place the container on the vacant lot we own next to our house. But I couldn\u2019t just place the container\/shed anywhere on the lot. It had to be placed within the rear setback, which in our case was 30% of our lot depth, or 46.5 feet from the rear property line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I chose a distance of 25 feet from the rear property line. This way I kept the container\/shed as far to the back as possible while maintaining the option for off street parking that would be accessible from the alley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the shipping container is made of steel, there were no fire or other side setback requirements. I chose to offset it by one foot from the property line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For secure placement of the container, the Department of Buildings permitted it to be placed and anchored to a five inch reinforced concrete slab, which in turn is placed on a six inch aggregate base. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, it looks like I will not only have a garden shed, but a pseudo tornado shelter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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