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Staff recommends moving truck-stop uses into industrial zoning and adding buffers

Fergus Falls Planning Commission · March 23, 2026
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Summary

Planning staff reported that City Council is working on a truck-stop definition and that staff recommends routing larger travel-center or truck-stop uses into I1 industrial zoning with buffer requirements (initially 500 feet), while ordinance language is refined and will return for further public hearings.

Planning staff updated the commission on the city's work to define and regulate truck stops or travel centers.

Clara said council has reviewed an amended definition and that staff is now drafting ordinance language. Based on feedback from commissioners…

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