Council moves to let farmers house workers in containers

Metal shipping crates already are being used as dwellings on Hawaii island

By Gordon Y.K. Pang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 13, 2012

~~<p>It could soon be easier for West Oahu farmers to use retrofitted shipping containers or trailers to house their agricultural workers on their property under legislation passed unanimously by the Honolulu City Council on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Resolution 12-74 directs the city Department of Planning and Permitting to draft a bill allowing up to five temporary shelters for farm workers on an agricultural lot for as long as five years.</p>
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It could soon be easier for West Oahu farmers to use retrofitted shipping containers or trailers to house their agricultural workers on their property under legislation passed unanimously by the Honolulu City Council on Wednesday.

Resolution 12-74 directs the city Department of Planning and Permitting to draft a bill allowing up to five temporary shelters for farm workers on an agricultural lot for as long as five years. Login for more...