20ft, 40ft, high cube, modified, and refrigerated containers delivered to the Philadelphia metro area, including King of Prussia, Norristown, Upper Darby, Bensalem and Levittown.
Philadelphia is a consolidated city and county on the Delaware River, at the center of a metro region that spreads across southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware. Deliveries reach Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon, Schuylkill, Northampton, Lehigh and Carbon counties. Delivery areas include Center City, Old City, Society Hill, Queen Village, Bella Vista, Passyunk Square, Point Breeze, Graduate Hospital, Fairmount, Brewerytown, Northern Liberties, Fishtown, Port Richmond, Kensington, East Falls, Manayunk, Roxborough, Germantown, Mount Airy, Chestnut Hill, University City and Mayfair.
Philadelphia is a consolidated city and county under its own Home Rule Charter. Land use is governed by Title 14 of the Philadelphia Code, the Zoning Code, and permits are issued by the Department of Licenses and Inspections. A container on a private lot is evaluated against the accessory use and structure rules and the standards of the underlying zoning district rather than against any container-specific rule. A container placed in the street or on the sidewalk is an entirely separate question handled by the Streets Department. Work on a historic property adds a review by the Philadelphia Historical Commission.
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A Philadelphia rowhouse can sit on a narrow lot with no garage and a back yard the size of a parking space. When a rowhouse in Fishtown, Point Breeze or Passyunk Square gets opened up, a container holds cabinetry, flooring, appliances and furniture at the property instead of in a rented unit across town. A container can sit at the curb rather than on the lot, which is a Streets Department question rather than a zoning one.
Infill construction in the river wards and the western neighborhoods needs secure space on the site. A container on the job lets the crew keep copper, tools and fixtures locked at the site instead of loading and unloading a trailer twice a day.
Campus construction and fit-out work at Penn, Jefferson, Temple, Drexel and Children's Hospital can need staging space. A container can hold furniture, equipment, records and lab casework while a floor is being turned over, and it can sit on the campus lot rather than in rented warehouse space across the river.
A restaurant on East Passyunk or a shop in Old City can lack a basement or a stockroom, so seasonal inventory, sidewalk cafe furniture, holiday displays and paper goods can go into a container in the lot behind the building or in a shared rear yard.
Warehouse space along the Delaware River terminals, Interstate 95 and through the Northeast can be committed on long terms while goods move on a season. A container or a row of them at the dock can cover the peak without more square footage in the building.
A parish, charter school, block association or neighborhood group can use a container for chairs, sound equipment, athletic gear, seasonal programming supplies and donation drives. It keeps interior space in use for people rather than for boxes.
A few things shape how a delivery goes in this area:
For permit questions on a specific address, contact the City of Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections, Permit and License Center, 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd., MSB, Public Service Concourse, Philadelphia, PA 19102. Call 311 inside Philadelphia or (215) 686-8686 from outside. For a container that will sit in the street or on the sidewalk, call the Streets Department Right-of-Way Unit at (215) 686-5500 about a Temporary No Parking permit, at least four business days ahead. For a historic property, the Philadelphia Historical Commission is at (215) 686-7660 or preservation@phila.gov.
Containers are available in several grades, from used wind and water tight to one-trip.
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