Tony Cox wrote:
What I'm hoping for is for someone to say "Yes, we had
a similar situation at xxxxx and asked FSDO for a ruling.
And this is what they said...".

AIP Grants are managed by a regional airport grants office. Call
them and they will explain. There was a GAA Report few years
back harshly criticizing FAA for allowing nonaviation businesses
onto subsidized airports. A rented "storage locker" for anything
is nonaviation. Taxpayer money is not to spent to develop a
field for other than aeronautical activities. Period.

Fred F.