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Council closes public hearing on proposed self-storage zoning rules; staff to review county edits
Summary
The council closed a continuation of a public hearing on zoning text amendments for self-storage facilities, which would add special-permit requirements for facilities with frontage on certain downtown streets; staff noted county planning’s textual suggestions and said substantive intent was unchanged.
The Beacon City Council closed its public hearing on proposed zoning text amendments that would change how self-storage and warehouse-storage facilities are regulated in certain districts.
Under the proposed local law, self-storage uses would remain permitted in the general business, light-industrial and heavy-industrial zoning districts, but projects with frontage on listed streets — Main Street, Fischl Avenue, Beacon Street, Herbert Street and Tyrande Avenue — would only be allowed by a planning-board special permit. The draft special-permit criteria would, among other things, require storage uses to be located behind active ground-floor uses, below grade or in a secondary structure set back at least 10 feet from the primary street-facing structure.
Nick said the city and county planning boards reviewed the draft. City planning supported it; the county offered minor textual rewording but did not change the law’s intent. During public comment, Theresa Craft asked that the council ensure items such as vehicles, boats or living arrangements are not permitted to be stored or used as residences in the units.
After brief council discussion (one member flagged a possible packet clerical error on the use table), the council voted to close the hearing. Staff said they will address the county’s suggested text edits and finalize the ordinance for a future vote.
