I have 2 houses right now that we are going to have the fire department burn and I had to do asbestos remediation on both and its cost me 21k.. just for that.  

Visit the website of the town the land is in or call the building department and ask them what the property is zoned for and what you would need to do to put self storage in.

Regarding your first question, check with your town/county's planning and zoning departments.

Tom,Bought and sold a handful of houses but have never had anyone from the city building department involved. 

I worked at a commercial real estate office in the marketing department and helped build out marketing materials for all of the agents in the office.

No rental license number in counties that require them is an automatic loss in Maryland.Assuming the property is built prior to 1978, are you registered for lead pain with the Maryland Department of the Environment?

Check with your local building department. 

Did he over power the sheriff's department while being removed? 

Get out your tax bill for the parcel numbers and call the planning department  (718) 220-8500Generally they are going to have these concerns: parking available, neighbor use, noise, structural health and safety.

Have two different deals we are working, one is CalHFA (CA housing finance agency) and the other is CDHC (CA department of housing and community dev).