Stanislaus County leaders postponed a decision for months on two proposed truck parking facilities while a committee studies the contentious issue of where to place parking for big rigs.
The county Planning Commission, city of Turlock, Farm Bureau and Keyes Municipal Advisory Council all opposed Pattar Trucking’s application for an 80-space commercial tractor-trailer parking facility on West Taylor Road between North Washington Road and Highway 99 near Turlock.
But the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday evening continued the general plan amendment to Aug. 19, 2025.
A 40-space commercial truck parking facility in the 1000 block of Welty Road, west of Highway 33, near Vernalis, also will wait nine months for a decision, though Atwal Properties was praised for its compliance with the permit process. County leaders are hoping to get a better handle on truck parking and ideas for necessary changes to a parking ordinance.
The county passed an ordinance in 2012 to outlaw unpermitted truck parking yards and subsequently approved seven use permits for legal parking areas.