Collier commissioners approve rezoning and comp-plan change to allow 200,000-sq-ft U-Haul storage complex on Myrtle Lane

Collier County commissioners voted unanimously to approve three companion items that clear the way for a U‑Haul mobility center and indoor self‑storage complex at 5396 Myrtle Lane in east Naples.

The board approved a small‑scale comprehensive‑plan amendment to create a new commercial subdistrict, rezoned the property to a commercial planned unit development (PUD), and agreed to vacate and relocate a drainage easement along the site’s west boundary. The motions passed without recorded opposition.

The applicant, Metropolitan Naples LLC, presented the project as a relocation and modernization of an existing U‑Haul facility. Rich Ivanovich, attorney for Metropolitan Naples LLC, told commissioners the proposal would allow “up to 200,000 square feet of indoor self storage and 3,000 square feet of retail,” replacing older, more intensive commercial uses currently permitted by the existing PUD. Wayne Arnold, a certified planner with Grady Miner & Associates, described site design, buffers and access plans and said the new development would connect to the traffic signal on U.S. 41 to provide safer egress for existing Myrtle Lane…