Public Hearing Set For Proposed Safeguard Storage In Sayville

SAYVILLE, NY—The Town of Islip will hold a public hearing Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at Islip Town Hall to discuss a proposed self storage development on Main St. in Sayville.

A proposed zone change would allow Safeguard Self Storage to build mini self-storage units at 246 N. Main St., a site currently zoned as retail and where F-14 Sports Complex was most recently located. The proposed business use would require a zone change to industrial, a move some in Sayville oppose.

The Sayville Chamber of Commerce has started an online petition opposing the zone change and the project.

"We are against this zone change for this chain of Safeguard Self Storage facilities to come to Main Street and shorten our downtown business district as not only does it open the door to other industrial zone changes to take place in the future, but there is not one thing that our businesses and residential community will gain from this project, including revenue and foot traffic from these storage units," the petition reads.

The petition organizers also point out that two other mini storage unit projects have been approved within a mile of the site in question, both off Sunrise Highway.

What do you think of this proposed zone change and storage unit business on this property? Let us know in the comments.