LDCT-2025-29 (Storage Yards)
Description
Recommended adding a storage yard use for industrial districts, with strict screening, fencing and 100-foot residential setbacks.
Impact summary
Gives industrial landowners a lawful interim use while awaiting market redevelopment.
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.
Last discussed Apr 7, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Board of County Commissioners — April 7, 2026
Adds storage yards as a defined land use allowed only in industrial districts, clearing up years of confusion about where these operations fit. First reading; adoption hearing in two weeks.
Planning Commission — March 4, 2026
Recommended adding a storage yard use for industrial districts, with strict screening, fencing and 100-foot residential setbacks.
Related issues (1)
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