Mimico residents are fighting the expansion of this Public Storage facility in their community.
Some Mimico area residents are fighting against the expansion of a highly visible storage facility beside the Gardiner Expressway.
An application is being considered by Etobicoke York Community Council to determine if a one storey Public Storage facility, at 2 and 4 Mendota Road, in the Grand Avenue and the Gardiner area, should be approved for expansion to a four-storey facility, with additional parking and truck loading bays.
The company is highly visible for motorists along the Expressway, near Park Lawn Road.
Councillor Amber Morley said many members of the neighbourhood have been in contact with her office to voice their concerns about the proposed expansion.
Mimico residents are against the expansion of the Public Storage facility fearing noise and other pollution, and dust.
She said on her website that there are concerns about pedestrian safety, transportation issues, shadow impacts, noise, quality of submitted studies, and more.
“Residents do not like the impact the existing facility has on their neighbourhood and they are opposed to any expansion,” Morley said. “Located at the end of a dead-end street, the Public Storage facility requires anyone accessing it to travel through the neighbourhood area, including heavy truck traffic.”
Concerned residents have been able to share their issues with City staff and applicant at a recent ‘well-attended’ community consultation meeting.
The storage company is trying to erect a second floor with more space, doors and parking.
“I support the residents’ position against this development proposal,” she wrote.
The application is under review a Development Review division whose members will submit a report with recommendations to community council for a vote likely in the late summer of fall.
The company is seeking an amendment to the zoning by-law to permit a four storey self-storage facility with a gross floor area of 11,168.26 square metres, 31 parking spaces and 3 truck loading bays.
Public Storage Properties is a publicly held company that has invested in mini-warehouse storage facilities. It is a full service real estate company whose Canadian Properties and affiliates own over 2.7 million square feet of properties in four provinces.