ORD 2025-18 Self-Storage Facilities AdoptedORDINANCE NO. 2025-18
AMENDING TABLE 5.1, USE TABLE, RELATED TO SELF-STORAGE/MINI
WAREHOUSES OF THE NORTH AUGUSTA DEVELOPMENT CODE, ARTICLE 5 OF
CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF
ORDINANCES
WHEREAS, on December 18, 2023, by Ordinance 2023-32, the North Augusta City
Council adopted the North Augusta Development Code which is consistent with the City’s
Comprehensive Plan and which incorporates all City zoning and land development regulations;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5.3.3.2 Text Amendments in Article 5, Approval
Procedures, of the North Augusta Development Code, any person, property owner, board,
commission, department or the City Council may apply for a change in zoning ordinance text; and
WHEREAS, during the May 21, 2025 meeting of the North Augusta Planning Commission
requested staff to provide information at the next meeting concerning what additional restrictions
can be place on the location of mini-warehouses and self-storage facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission discussed further regulations on self-storage/mini
warehouses at their July 16, 2025 and August 20, 2024; and
WHEREAS, during the August 20, 2025 meeting of the North Augusta Planning
Commission, the Commission requested that staff move forward with drafting a text amendment
for the Development Code to limit self-storage/mini warehouses to the Industrial, IND, zoning
district; and
WHEREAS, the North Augusta Planning Commission, following a September 17, 2025,
public hearing, reviewed and considered a request to amend Table 5.1 to prohibit self-storage/mini
warehouses in the General Commercial, GC, and Thoroughfare Commercial, TC and to allow the
self-storage/mini warehouses use in the Industrial, IND, zoning district as a conditional use
complying with existing Section 5.5.18. The Planning Commission report has been provided to
City Council for consideration; and
WHEREAS, The Mayor and City Council have reviewed the request as well as the report
from the Planning Commission and has determined that the change to the text of the Development
Code is appropriate.