Government

The city council in Clanton, Alabama, this week unanimously approved two changes to its zoning ordinance that’ll prohibit self-storage development along its highways. The Sept. 27 vote also created new requirements for metal buildings in these...

The Milford, Massachusetts, Board of Health recently sent letters to at least three local self-storage operators, urging them to ensure tenants aren’t living inside their units. The board initially sent a letter last month to an unidentified...

Update 9/14/21 – The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has published detailed guidelines for transferring self-storage tenant property to a licensed vehicle-storage facility (VSF) under SB 1181. Once the towing conditions outlined in the...

The Ocoee City, FL, Commission this week discussed whether to impose a temporary moratorium on self-storage development. The ordinance would affect projects in the general-commercial, restricted-manufacturing and warehousing zones, according to...

The Self Storage Association of the United Kingdom (SSA-UK) has partnered with government and law-enforcement agencies in an effort to reduce the amount of counterfeit and illicit goods stored inside self-storage units by tenants. The campaign...

John Huffman, owner of Buttermilk Pike Self Storage in Crescent Springs, Kentucky, is suing the city over a flagpole he recently installed at his facility. The 199-foot pole at 2550 Schmidt Lane exceeds the maximum height of the building, which is...