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Menands Village adopts local law to allow self‑storage in light industrial zone
Summary
The Menands Village Board adopted Local Law No. 4 (2024) on Sept. 23 to permit self‑storage in the village's light industrial district (while removing it from the T5 mixed‑use district); the change remains subject to special‑use review and was issued a negative environmental declaration.
The Menands Village Board on Sept. 23 adopted Local Law No. 4 of 2024 to amend the village zoning map and allow self‑storage facilities in the light industrial district, officials said.
An unidentified planning staff member (Speaker 4) told the board the change corrects an apparent oversight that left self‑storage allowed in the T5 walkable mixed‑use district. "Self storage is only allowed in heavy industrial T5," the staff member said, then described the proposal to remove the use from T5, add it to the light industrial district and retain it in heavy industrial. The speaker emphasized that projects would…
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