Two truck parking facilities received approval Tuesday from Stanislaus County supervisors after they were found to be consistent with new regulations to reduce truck parking in agricultural areas.
The board approved a general plan amendment legalizing a truck parking yard in the 4300 block of West Taylor Road, between Highway 99 and North Washington Road near Turlock. The rezone will allow Pattar Trucking an 80-space parking facility on 10 acres with a shop for light maintenance and an administrative office.
Supervisors also approved a 40-space truck parking facility in the 1000 block of Welty Road near Highway 33 in Vernalis. Atwal Properties will convert four acres of a 23-acre orchard parcel for the facility, which will operate six days a week…