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Council previewed ordinance to limit self-storage facilities to industrial zones
Summary
Staff presented a first-reading ordinance, prompted by the planning commission, proposing to restrict self-storage mini-warehouse uses to industrial districts as a conditional use following recent applications near Oak Mart and Exit 5.
City planning staff briefed the council on a proposed amendment to Table 5.1 of the North Augusta development code that would limit new self-storage (mini-warehouse) facilities to the industrial zoning district as a conditional use.
Clifford said the change was prompted by a series of recent applications — including proposals at the former Kmart (Oak Mart) site and behind a QT at Exit 5 — and by a planning commission request to review where self-storage should be permitted. "At their August 20 meeting, they requested staff prepare a text amendment limiting the use to industrial as a conditional use," Clifford said, and the planning commission later unanimously recommended the amendment.
Staff told council members the intent is to concentrate self-storage developments in industrial areas and avoid locating them in general commercial or mixed-use corridors. Clifford noted one of the recent applicants sits half a mile from a county facility and said the planning commission viewed the amendment as a proactive step to manage land-use patterns.
The ordinance was presented for first reading at the study session; no final council vote occurred during the meeting. Staff indicated the amendment would return to the council for formal readings.
