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Fairview staff seek council direction on allowing standalone truck-trailer parking in industrial zone
Summary
Planning staff asked council Oct. 15 whether the city should allow standalone truck and trailer parking lots (no buildings) as a permitted use in the General Industrial zone; councilors raised concerns about traffic, safety, tax base and long-term land use and asked staff to return with code amendment options and analysis.
City planning staff presented a recurring request to clarify whether leasing land for truck and tractor-trailer storage (parking without buildings or operational facilities) should be explicitly permitted in Fairview’s General Industrial zone. Staff said the zoning code does not specifically list “truck parking only” as a permitted use and that recent inquiries and land-use compatibility statements prompted a request for council direction on whether to pursue a code amendment.
Staff compared neighboring jurisdictions: one nearby industrial zone explicitly allows parking-only lots, while Wood Village and Gresham…
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