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Neighbors urge action as county weighs regulating parking of commercial trucks at residences
Summary
Residents described daily double‑trailer truck traffic and dust near their homes; county staff said current code allows few enforcement options short of treating the site as a land‑use business, and commissioners indicated reluctance to broadly regulate private parking of employer vehicles.
A resident and planning staff brought the issue of commercial trucks parked at private residences to the Yakima County commissioners Monday, highlighting dust, truck movements and expanding operations adjacent to rural homes.
Resident Loretta Lamarcchi told commissioners a neighbor’s trucking operation had expanded over three years and that large double‑trailer trucks were turning near her fence and creating daily dust exposures. She urged commissioners to address the “double trucking” burden on adjacent homeowners.
Planning staff and Public…
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