Exhibit 31.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Ronald L. Havner, Jr., certify that:

1. I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report  on  Form  10-Q of  Public  Storage
   Properties, Ltd.;

2. Based on my  knowledge,  this  quarterly  report  does not contain any untrue
   statement of a material  fact or omit to state a material  fact  necessary to
   make the  statements  made,  in light of the  circumstances  under which such
   statements  were made, not  misleading  with respect to the period covered by
   this report;

3. Based  on  my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
   information included in this report,  fairly present in all material respects
   the  financial  condition,  results  of  operations  and  cash  flows  of the
   registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and  I  are  responsible  for
   establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as defined
   in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e))  and internal  control over
   financial  reporting  (as defined in the  Exchange  Act Rules  13a-15(f)  and
   15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

   a)  designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,   or  caused  such
   disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,  to
   ensure that material  information  relating to the registrant,  including its
   consolidated  subsidiaries,  is  made  known  to us by  others  within  those
   entities,  particularly  during  the  period  in which  this  report is being
   prepared;

   b) designed such internal  control over financial  reporting,  or caused such
   internal   control  over  financial   reporting  to  be  designed  under  our
   supervision,  to provide  reasonable  assurance  regarding the reliability of
   financial reporting and the preparation of financial  statements for external
   purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

   c) evaluated the  effectiveness of the registrant's  disclosure  controls and
   procedures and presented in this report  conclusions  about the effectiveness
   of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered
   by this report based on such evaluation;

   d) disclosed in this report any change in the  registrant's  internal control
   over financial  reporting that occurred the  registrant's  most recent fiscal
   quarter  (the  registrant's  fourth  fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual
   report) that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably likely to materially
   affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our
   most recent evaluation of internal control over financial  reporting,  to the
   registrant's  auditors  and the  audit  committee  of  registrant's  board of
   directors (or person performing the equivalent functions):

   a) all  significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses  in the design or
   operation of internal  control over financial  reporting which are reasonably
   likely to  adversely  affect the  registrant's  ability  to record,  process,
   summarize and report financial information; and

   b) any fraud,  whether or not  material,  that  involves  management or other
   employees who have a significant  role in the  registrant's  internal control
   over financial reporting.

/s/  Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
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Name:  Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
Title: Chief Executive Officer of Public Storage,  Inc., Corporate General
       Partner
Date:  August 13, 2004


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