Panel backs code change to allow self‑storage in commercial‑office zones

Alex Byray of the zoning division presented a proposed revision to the Palm Beach County Unified Land Development Code that would allow self‑service storage facilities in zoning districts with a commercial‑low‑office or commercial‑high‑office future land‑use designation and increase the maximum floor‑area‑ratio to 0.85. Byray said the change restores a use allowed in the 1990s that was omitted in the 2003 code rewrite and recommended the commission find the amendment consistent with the comprehensive plan and forward it to the Board of County Commissioners for 1st reading.