Fayetteville

City Council is expected to decide the fate of

local truck drivers who park their rigs at home

during what promises to be a short meeting

Monday.

Council

members will discuss agenda items during a work

session tonight at 7 p.m., and take action Monday

at 7 p.m.

proposed new ordinance would prohibit parking of

trucks, tractors and semi trailers in residential

zones, with a grandfather clause that exempts

those currently doing so. Exempted truckers would

have to get a permit, for a small fee.

Council

last month sent the ordinance back to the city

Planning Commission for a recommendation on extra

restrictions for the "grandfathered"

drivers, but commission members decided they

don't think any such restrictions are needed.

public hearing will be conducted before council

acts on the ordinance.

Council

also will consider a sign variance request from

Hobby Lobby, the Oklahoma-based crafts and home

decor store that hopes to occupy more than half

of the now-vacant Wal-Mart building on Ga.

Highway 85.

City

officials say they are excited about the prospect

of having a new tenant in the building, but

council members two weeks ago balked at the idea

of granting the business extra sign space, saying

other businesses that have been held strictly to

the city's ordinances wouldn't understand.

Dick

Brady of MOR Sign Graphics, sign painters for the

project, said he would go back to the drawing

board and try to bring the council something

closer to what they law allows.

The

only other action item on the agenda is

certification of the Nov. 3 municipal election

results.

The

work session and business meeting are open to the

public.

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