Summary
A long-vacant pad at the Calvine Pointe shopping center will get a three-story storage building with ground-floor retail, possibly a Pet Supplies Plus. The Council supports it but wants a citywide study on whether Elk Grove has too many storage facilities.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 9, 2026.
Impact analysis
The project will generate an estimated $500,000-$600,000 in impact fees for city services.
The shopping center gets an activated vacant pad, new retail, and emergency access to neighboring parcels.
Storage critics worry about the growing number of such facilities citywide, though no one spoke against this project.
Mentions & discussions (4)
City Council (Regular) - Sep 9, 2026
The council finalized a two-year ban on approving new self-storage facilities while staff rewrites the zoning code to consider tighter restrictions on their spread across the city.
Planning Commission Meeting - Sep 3, 2026
The council approved a moratorium on personal storage facilities, with updated regulations due back in about two years. The Summer Flats project along Waterman Road comes to the Commission September 17, and an incubator project is lined up for October 1.
City Council (Regular) - Aug 26, 2026
The council moved to freeze new storage facility approvals for two years while staff studies whether 19 existing facilities (with reported vacancies) already meet demand, and whether the land would be better used for housing or job-generating uses.
City Council (Regular) - Jun 10, 2026
A long-vacant pad at the Calvine Pointe shopping center will get a three-story storage building with ground-floor retail, possibly a Pet Supplies Plus. The Council supports it but wants a citywide study on whether Elk Grove has too many storage facilities.
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