Совет муниципалитета Хановера продлил срок размещения контейнеров на арендуемой территории в Митчелле до 2028 года

A rental business in Mitchell will be allowed to have shipping containers on its property for another two years. In June 2021, Brenton Thompson obtained a variance, allowing for three shipping containers on his rural residential property along Mark Lane. Administration for the Rural Municipality of Hanover has indicated that the variance contained a condition requiring the containers to be removed by July 31, 2026. Thompson appeared before Hanover Council earlier this month, requesting to have the condition removed, which would ultimately allow the containers to remain indefinitely. No concerns from Administration Permit Administrator Amos Wiebe told Council that the shipping containers are used for storage. Wiebe says Administration typically takes a cautious eye to shipping containers in the rural residential area. However, he notes that Administration has not received any complaints about this parcel since the previous variance order was approved. Wiebe says Administration has no concerns with this proposal. At the public hearing, Hanover Councillor Travis Doerksen noted that though he does not want to discourage business, this operation has outgrown the residential area. "You are running a business in a residential area," Doerksen reminded Thompson. Councillor Brian Esau cautioned the rest of Council that if the desire is to have the shipping containers removed, they would need to give Thompson ample time to consider other options. Council makes decision Doerksen eventually made a motion that Council amend the variance order, but that the approval expires on July 31, 2028. By that date, the number of containers on the site must be reduced to one. The motion passed unanimously. "I think it was very fair of Council to give him the two years," says Reeve Jim Funk. Funk says even though there have been no complaints from neighbours, the road is not capable of handling some of the weights from what is being hauled for this business. Furthermore, he says there is always the concern that storage containers in a rural residential area start looking unsightly. Funk says the two-year extension gives the applicant time to prepare.