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Planners lower minimum lot size for self‑storage, tighten rules on outdoor storage and lighting
Summary
The commission recommended reducing the minimum lot size for self‑storage from three acres to one acre to reflect modern multi‑story facilities, added definitions and prohibited outdoor storage; the measure was forwarded to legislative bodies on a 9–1 vote.
Oldham County planners on May 26 recommended amending the zoning code to modernize rules for self‑storage facilities, including lowering the minimum lot size and tightening controls on outdoor storage and lighting.
Planner John Hine explained that the self‑storage industry has shifted toward multistory, conditioned structures that do not require three acres. "Nets shall be a maximum height of 60 ft," Hine said when discussing a related golf‑range provision (a related ordinance update discussed earlier), and staff emphasized similar specificity for storage structures and exterior standards.
The proposed amendment reduces the minimum lot size to one acre for modern self‑storage facilities, preserves permitted districts (I‑1, I‑2, IPD) and conditional‑use review for C‑3 and C‑4, and adds updated definitions for "self‑storage facility" and "personal property." The clean copy also prohibits outdoor storage and requires that all storage be contained within buildings; grandfathered outdoor storage was clarified to remain allowed for existing operations.
Commissioners debated whether to include boat and RV storage in this section or handle it separately; staff said boat and RV storage will be considered in a separate section to avoid conflation with enclosed storage regulations. Commissioner Hampton recorded the sole no vote; the commission approved forwarding the amended ordinance 9–1.
The commission also clarified that any new self‑storage facilities must comply with the county’s landscaping and lighting regulations and that the revised language intends to prevent partially enclosed carport‑style storage from creating loopholes for outdoor storage.
