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Conduct a public hearing and consider the request for a zoning amendment for a self-storage facility on approximately 9.72 acres located at 11410 Mathis Avenue within the Planned Development District No. 22 (PD-22) zoning district; and take appropriate action.
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BACKGROUND:
The subject property includes approximately 9.72 acres of land at the northeast corner of Mathis Avenue and Royal Lane within the Planned Development District No. 22 (PD-22) zoning district. The site is developed with an existing warehouse building constructed in 1981 and associated surface parking lot. The applicant, ReadySpaces FMB LLC, requests to amend PD-22 to permit operation of a self-storage facility known as "Ready Spaces."
This development operates as a shared warehousing facility primarily for small-scale commercial and e-commerce businesses. Individual storage units of varying sizes are available for rent, providing flexibility based on the needs of each subtenant. A shared conference space is also available for use within the facility. While PD-22 allows for warehousing and office uses by right, the layout and function of this development is categorized as a "self-storage facility" as defined in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) below. This definition does not distinguish between storage of personal or commercial property.
Self-Storage Facility - Individualized storage units which are leased to the general public and are located within an encompassing, totally enclosed building structure; having common use of utilities, loading/unloading doors; personnel doors; and to which there is no access available to an individual storage unit except by common corridors within the encompassing building structure.
Self-storage use is not currently permitted within PD-22. As a result, the applicant requests to add this as a permitted use on the subject property and adopt a site plan and related development regulations. In addition, the applicant requests to vary from the...
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