NEW YORK CITY—In a 47-3 vote yesterday, the New York City Council approved legislation requiring special use permits to build or operate self-storage facilities in designated industrial business zones in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. The permits would allow community boards to get involved, and the permits would ultimately require City Council approval.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign the zoning amendment into law, as it is part of his 10-point Industrial Action Plan, announced in Nov. 2015. The plan seeks to boost industrial and manufacturing businesses and jobs. The city characterizes self-storage facilities as a low job-generating use of land that primarily serves households rather than business needs.
Acknowledging the need to foster industrial development and promote job growth, John Stewart, a member of the real estate department, construction services group, at the law firm Cole Schotz P.C., nonetheless questions how thoughtful the plan will be in its execution.
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Betsy Kim
Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.
