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Commission tables special-exception request for storage facility buffer waiver after resident concerns
Summary
Bostick Real Estate Properties, LLC sought a waiver of a 25-foot landscape buffer for a proposed self-storage facility; staff recommended the waiver citing architectural screening and topography, but nearby residents raised worries about buffer size, 24-hour access and drainage. The commission tabled the request pending a complete site plan and attendance by the applicant.
Planning staff presented a special-exception request from Bostick Real Estate Properties, LLC seeking a waiver or modification of the 25-foot landscape buffer along the western property line for a proposed self-storage facility. Staff reviewed ordinance criteria and recommended approval, noting the office building would have a decorative brick façade and that the proposed layout and existing topography would act as a screen: “The proposed office building with a decorative brick facade and additional storage building further to the rear of the facility would act as a screen shielding the adjoining property from the self-service storage facility,” staff said.
Commissioners pressed staff about prior conditions tied to the rezoning and conditional-use approval, including whether construction or site work had to begin within a specified timeframe. Several commissioners asked to see the full, current site plan; staff confirmed the applicant had submitted engineering/site plans that staff was reviewing and that a hard copy was available in the office.
A resident who said she lives on West Drive and backs up to the subject property (Miss Bush) spoke at length. She said she was concerned about how much buffer would be left between her backyard and the storage facility, worried that 24-hour access to storage units would let customers look into her windows, and raised long-standing drainage problems that affect multiple yards: “I need to make sure there's gonna be enough buffer there... I don't want them to shove more water our way,” she said.
Commissioners agreed they needed the full site plan and an in-person applicant or representative to answer outstanding questions about buffering, screening, road access and drainage. The commission voted to table SE-25-1 to the next regular meeting and asked staff to provide the complete site plan; the public hearing was left open to allow additional testimony at the continued hearing.
What’s next: Staff will provide the up-to-date site plan and notify the applicant that the commission expects the owner or agent to appear at the continued public hearing.
