Lawrence, KS (Existing Definition)
Wholesale, Storage, and Distribution- Wholesaling, storage, distribution, and handling of materials and equipment other than live animals and plants. The following are wholesaling, storage, distribution use types:
(1) Mini-Warehouses- Storage or warehousing service within a building for individuals to store personal effects. Incidental uses in a min-warehouse may include the repair and maintenance of stored materials by the tenant; but in no case shall storage spaces in a mini-warehouse facility function as an independent retail, wholesale, business, or service use. Spaces shall not be used for workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing, retail sales, or similar uses. Human occupancy shall be limited to that required to transport, arrange, and maintain stored materials.
(2) Light- Wholesaling, storage, and warehousing services within enclosed structures. Typical uses include wholesale distributors, storage warehouses and moving and storage firms.
(3) Heavy- Open-air storage, distribution, the handling of materials and equipment or bulk storage of fuel. Typical uses include monument or stone yards, train yards, grain elevators and large-scale fuel storage.
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Lessors of Mini-warehouses and self-storage units- This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing space for self-storage. These establishments provide secure space (i.e., rooms, compartments, lockers, containers, or outdoor space) where clients can store and retrieve their goods.
Patterson, CA
“Storage, personal storage facility” means a structure or group of structures containing generally small, individual, compartmentalized stalls or lockers rented as individual storage spaces and characterized by low parking demand. The area has typically controlled access in a fenced compound.
“Storage, warehouse (small)” means a facility for the storage of furniture, household goods, or other commercial goods of any nature and includes cold storage. Does not include warehouse, storage, or mini-storage facilities offered for rent or lease to the general public (see “Storage, personal storage facility”) or warehouse facilities in which the primary purpose of storage is for wholesaling and distribution (see “Wholesale and distribution”).
Mesa, AZ
Warehousing and Storage- Storage and distribution facilities with limited sales to the public on-site or restricted direct public access.
Contractor’s Yards- Outdoor storage of construction materials or equipment.
Indoor Warehousing and Storage- Storage within an enclosed building of commercial goods prior to their distribution to wholesale and retail outlets and the storage of industrial equipment, products and materials including but not limited to automobiles, feed, and lumber. Also includes cold storage, draying or freight, moving and storage, and warehouses. This classification excludes the storage of hazardous chemical, mineral, and explosive materials.
Outdoor Storage- Storage of vehicles or commercial goods (other than construction materials) in open lots.
Mini-Storage- Facilities offering storage for individual use. An on-site residence may be present for use by the site manager and family.
Lake County, CO
Self-Service Storage.
A). Characteristics.
Self-Service Storage uses provide separate storage areas for individual or business uses. The storage areas are designed to allow private access by the tenant for storing or removing personal property.
B). Accessory Uses.
Accessory uses may include living quarters for a resident manager or security and leasing offices. Use of the storage areas for sales, service and repair operations, or manufacturing is not considered accessory to the Self-Service Storage use. The rental of trucks or equipment is also not considered accessory to a Self-Service Storage use.
C). Examples.
Examples include facilities that provide individual storage areas for rent. These uses are also called mini-warehouses.
D). Exceptions.
A transfer and storage business where there are no individual storage areas or where storage areas or where employees are the primary movers of the goods to be stored or transferred is in the Warehouse and Freight Movement category.
Mini-Warehouse[1]
Description:
Mini-Warehouses are building in which a number of storage units or vaults are rented for the storage of goods. They are typically referred to as “self-storage” facilities. Each units is physically separated from other units, and access is usually provided through an overhead door or other common access point.
Additional Data
Truck Trips accounted for 2 to 15 percent of the weekday traffic at the sites where data were available.
Vehicle occupancy ranged from 1.2 to 1.9 persons per automobile on an average weekday.
Peak hours of the generator –
The weekday P.M. peak hour was between 12:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The Saturday peak hour was between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. The Sunday peak hour was between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
For the purpose of this land use, the independent variable “occupied storage units” is defined as the number of units that have been rented.