Big rig parkers get grandfathered in F'ville P&Z decision

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Big rig parkers get grandfathered in F'ville P&Z decision

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New

residents who move into Fayetteville will have to

leave their tractor trailers parked somewhere

else.

That's

the recommendation of the Fayetteville Planning

and Zoning Commission after discussing the idea

for the second time last week.

When

the news first broke about the commission

drafting an ordinance to regulate the parking of

big trucks, the trucking community already in

Fayetteville called City Hall to voice their

opposition.

But

last week, the planning commission allayed their

fears by deciding to grandfather in people who

already lived in Fayetteville.

The

commission voted to ask existing truck owners to

register their "big rigs" with the city

for a small fee, such as $2. When the commission

hammers out all the details of the permit

process, it will notify the community that they

have 30 days to register their vehicles.

After

the registration period, the city will only allow

those people who have registered to park their

cabs in the city limits on an overnight basis.

Members

of the trucking community attended Tuesday

night's meeting and seemed happy with the

solution. Kevin Adamson, who owns his truck, said

he had circulated a petition in his subdivision

to see if his truck was bothering any of his

neighbors.

"I

got a 100 percent response that it was not

bothering anybody," he said.

City

officials said they had received a few complaints

about people working on their rigs in

subdivision, but discovered the trucks didn't

belong to city residents, but to people from out

of town who had their trucks within the city

limits for one reason or another.

The

city plans to announce the registration period

for the trucks later this month after having a

meeting with trucking officials.

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