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Council committee weighs zoning change to allow large self‑storage on a constrained, non‑street‑front parcel
Summary
Planning staff and an applicant asked council to adopt a limited zoning text and map amendment to permit climate‑controlled self‑storage facilities larger than 20,000 sq ft on narrowly defined Centimeters parcels; the proposal includes new design standards and limits on where large storage can be built.
Lancaster planning staff and the owner/developer Oak Tree Development presented a proposed zoning text amendment and map change at the Nov. 3 community planning committee that would permit self‑storage facilities larger than 20,000 square feet on a narrowly defined set of Centimeters (Central Manufacturing) parcels.
City planners said the current ordinance allows self‑storage up to 20,000 square feet and that larger projects have proceeded by variance without standardized design or siting requirements. The amendment would: allow self storage without a size limit on lots that are at least 3 acres and at…
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