Last week, Atlanta’s mayor, Andre Dickens, signed an Executive Order establishing a temporary moratorium on new self-storage developments across the City of Atlanta.
Wait… what’s going on?
The Executive Order, which you can read in its entirety here, directs the Department of City Planning’s Office of Buildings and Office of Zoning and Development to refuse new applications for building permits, land disturbance permits, special use permits, special administrative permits, and rezonings related to self-storage facilities, secure-storage facilities, and mixed-use storage facilities.
Mayor Dickens said in a statement,
Atlanta is growing, and we have a responsibility to make sure that growth creates opportunity for the people who call our neighborhoods home. This Executive Order is not about eliminating self-storage facilities—it is about ensuring we are thoughtful about where they belong. In communities where families need housing, grocery stores, jobs and gathering spaces, we cannot afford to lose critical land without asking whether that development advances our vision for a stronger, healthier Atlanta…