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Commission backs new standards for truck stops and travel plazas to reduce off‑site truck parking
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended ordinance changes creating supplemental standards for truck stops and travel plazas, including truck-parking minimums tied to fueling lanes, required maneuvering exhibits and landscape buffering where sites abut residential or institutional uses.
The Suffolk Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend an ordinance text amendment (OTA2025003) that creates supplemental development standards for truck stops and travel plazas, aimed at preventing trucks from parking on streets and adjacent properties and to ensure safe on-site circulation.
Assistant Director Meg Pittenger told commissioners the city currently lacks clear standards for facilities that…
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