Shipping Containers for Sale in Virginia Beach, VA

Container Delivery in Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach is an independent city that stretches from the Atlantic oceanfront to working farm country on the North Carolina line. Deliveries reach Isle of Wight, Southampton, Northampton, Accomack, York and James City counties. Delivery areas include the Oceanfront Resort Area, North End, Croatan, Shadowlawn, Town Center, Thalia, Chesapeake Beach, Ocean Park, Alanton, Linkhorn Park, Little Neck, Birdneck Point, Green Run, Salem Lakes, Lago Mar, Pembroke Manor, Aragona Village, Windsor Woods and Lynnhaven Colony.

Virginia Beach is an independent city that administers its own City Zoning Ordinance through the Department of Planning and Community Development, with a Zoning Administration division that issues zoning determinations and container permits and a separate Permits and Inspections division that handles building permits, and the city also applies Air Installations Compatible Use Zones provisions around Naval Air Station Oceana that shape what can be built and where across a large part of the city.

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A few things shape how a delivery goes in this area:

• Sand is a first thing to plan for. At the Oceanfront, the North End, Croatan and Sandbridge the ground under a nice-looking driveway can be soft, and a loaded tilt-bed truck needs firm footing and a straight pull to set a box safely. Gravel, plate or timbers under the wheels and the corner castings help.
• The southern half of the city is farm country, and the approach there is long gravel lanes, drainage ditches along Princess Anne Road and Blackwater Road, and soft shoulders after rain. Give the driver a firm, level pull-in and a turnaround, and add a day of dry weather if the field road is fresh.
• The whole city sits low with a high water table. Setting the container on gravel, blocks or timbers keeps the floor out of standing water and the doors square through a wet season.
• Anything routed from the Peninsula crosses a tunnel, and the tunnels have posted limits. VDOT prohibits trucks and other vehicles over 13 feet 6 inches high at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel westbound, and at the Midtown Tunnel on Route 58 and the Downtown Tunnel on Interstate 264 in both directions. A 40ft high cube is 9 feet 6 inches tall on its own, and the loaded height on a truck deck is what has to clear, so routing is a real planning item rather than a formality.
• Resort season affects the window at the Oceanfront. Atlantic and Pacific Avenues can be congested on summer weekends, and hotel and restaurant lots can be full. A weekday outside the peak is a better choice than a Saturday in July.
• Salt air is hard on steel. A container near the water rewards a look at the roof seams and the door gaskets on arrival, and paint touch-up wherever the finish is thin.
• Storm season in late summer and fall can affect delivery timing across Hampton Roads, because weather is one of the factors that set the date.
• Neighborhoods such as Great Neck, Alanton, Red Mill and the newer Princess Anne subdivisions may sit under HOA covenants. Read the covenant before the truck rolls.

For permit questions on a specific address, contact the City of Virginia Beach Department of Planning and Community Development, Zoning Administration, Building 3, Municipal Center, 2403 Courthouse Drive, Virginia Beach VA 23456. Phone (757) 385-8074, email Zoning@VBgov.com, open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Building permits and inspections go to Permits and Inspections at the same address, phone (757) 385-4211, email perminsp@vbgov.com.

Container Types Available in Virginia Beach

• 20ft Standard: For residential driveways and smaller sites
• 40ft Standard: Contractors, farms, businesses and larger properties
• 40ft High Cube: Conversions, tall equipment, extra headroom
• Modified: Job site offices, custom builds
• Refrigerated: Food service, cold storage