New

restrictions on parking commercial vehicles at

home in Fayetteville will be a blow to working

people, says Kevin Adams.

Owner/operator

of a tractor-trailer rig, Adams told the city's

Planning Commission last week that he parks his

tractor at home regularly, and will have a hard

time making a living if the city tells him he

can't.

"I

don't think this takes into account the needs of

the working man," said Adams. "This is

going to totally change everything that I have to

do," he said.

Adams

said his neighbors have no problem with his

parking his truck on the cul-de-sac where he

lives, off Hood Avenue. He occasionally performs

minor maintenance on the truck as well, he added.

"I

own that truck, and it's my responsibility, and I

pay all the bills for it, and it's critical that

I be able to bring it home to do that

maintenance," Adams said.

Commission

members said they aren't quite sure why the City

Council recently asked the Planning Department to

come up with a new law prohibiting the parking of

commercial vehicles at home.

"I

really don't understand where this is coming

from," said commission member Kevin

Bittinger, adding that he hopes to get that

information before the commission considers a

vote on the ordinance next Tuesday.

"I

want to see what's driving it," he said.

The

ordinance, if approved by both the Planning

Commission and City Council, would prohibit

parking of commercial vehicles in residential

areas. The Planning Commission is scheduled to

vote during its regular meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m.

at City Hall.