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Suffolk planning staff proposes truck-stop parking and design rules to reduce roadside parking
Summary
Planning staff proposed a UDO amendment to require on-site tractor-trailer parking tied to fueling lanes and truck scales, add landscape buffers and circulation exhibits, and clarify the definition of truck stops; proposal will go to council for public hearing June 18.
City planning staff told Suffolk City Council on June 4 that a proposed amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance would create minimum on-site parking requirements and design standards for truck stops and travel plazas.
Director of Planning and Community Development Kevin Wine said the change would replace the existing, pump-based definition with a broader definition: any site that provides fueling for tractor‑trailers would be treated as a truck stop for regulation purposes. The draft also scales required on-site tractor‑trailer parking according to fueling lanes and whether a truck scale is present.
Wine said the revised approach aims to reduce the common problem of trucks parking on adjacent private property and residential streets when sites do not provide sufficient…
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