ATLANTA — Mayor Andre Dickens signed an executive order last month establishing a temporary moratorium on new self-storage developments across the city.
The move, proponents say, protects development opportunities while the Atlanta City Council considers legislation sponsored by Councilmember Dustin Hillis to create a longer-term policy framework for evaluating these uses.
The order 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.
The action comes as the city advances the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative. Recently, concerns emerged about a proposed self-storage facility on a site in an NRI neighborhood, which officials say could be used for housing, “fresh food access,” neighborhood retail, or community space.
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