City of Hays staff is recommending a special-use permit for a series of storage facilities at 501 Vine be denied.

The Hays Area Board of Zoning Appeals will discuss the proposal at a meeting at 8:15 a.m. Feb. 12 at City Hall.

The applicant, James Wacker, proposed multiple storage units be allowed on the property — buildings ranging in size from 280-by-30 feet to 400-by-30 feet. Approximately 154 storage units would be contained in the buildings.

City staff is recommending the zoning board turn away the proposal, according to the board meeting packet, because of several factors that don’t conform with city regulations.

The city considers the area a “gateway” to the community, the staff wrote, and storage units would be considered an inappropriate use of that land, noting no architectural drawings or design criteria was submitted with the proposal. The proper also is in the 100-year floodplain, and the staff said development of the land is “tricky and limited at best.”

For additional information on the proposed project and other agenda items, view the board packet HERE.