Palmetto city commissioners passed an ordinance Monday night regulating portable storage containers.
But they spent more than a year trying to work out the language for it.
According to the Bradenton Herald, commissioners wanted to make sure the ordinance clearly defined what a portable storage unit or container really is and wouldn't affect backyard sheds, dog houses or playhouses.
The ordinance is to ensure residents and businesses alike no longer abuse the term "portable" by renting large storage containers and leaving them in place on a perpetual basis.
Under the ordinance, the minimum standard for a portable storage container is 7 feet long, 7 feet wide and 5 feet high. Anything smaller is not considered a portable storage container and anything over 10 feet high, 24 feet long and 10 feet wide is not allowed.
All other size containers falling in the middle of those diameters are considered a portable storage container subject to new restrictions, the Herald reported.