The Danbury, Connecticut, Planning Commission proposed a ban on future self-storage development along the main commercial corridor from Lake Avenue Extension to Mill Plain Road. Officials said the area should be preserved for “high-interaction” uses such as restaurants and stores, according to a source.
“The [Mill Plain Road corridor] currently allows self-service storage, truck terminals and warehouses, and we are proposing to prohibit them in the future,” said Waleed Albakry, the city’s planning director. “However, existing ones would continue to function and can expand. We do not want to cause issues for existing uses. We are talking about future ones that do not exist.”
The nine-member zoning commission will vote on the proposed changes soon, which would also ban banks, financial institutions, hotels, offices or continuing-care facilities in Danbury’s industrial zones.
“Preserving the [Mill Plain Road corridor] for high-interaction commercial uses supports economic vitality, enhances the urban streetscape and aligns with the city’s long-term planning goals,” Albakry wrote in his zoning petition. “Self-storage and warehouse uses are more appropriately located in designated industrial zones.”
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Source: Connecticut Post, Danbury Planners Back Mill Plain Road Self-Storage Ban to Attract ‘High-Interaction Commercial Uses’
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