PSP 26-023 truck storage

Representing DeYoung dairy farms, says the site is really a commercial truck repair/parking operation for Panther Interstate Carriers, not ag, and asks the commission to deny and protect AE-40 zoning.

Stockyard owner speaking for the neighborhood: it's a non-ag truck terminal, all trucks are from one auto-hauling company, and the rail crossing and intersection create safety problems.

Nearby farmer says trucks turning into the site in fog and heavy traffic on Avenue 384 will cause a serious accident.

Area farmer: the site photos understate the truck presence, the operation jumped the gun before permits, and the busy 384/108 corner is a bad location regardless of what's hauled.

Owns land south and east of the site; has seen only commercial box trucks, never ag equipment, and submitted roughly 30 neighbor letters opposing the permit.

Applicant's son: they're farmers buying Panther Express trucks to haul their own cherries, almonds and pistachios; more than half the business will be ag, with receipts offered as proof.

The applicant says he bought a run-down former slaughterhouse parcel, cleaned it up at big personal cost, plants almonds and pistachios, and only parks his own trailers and equipment there.