proposed ordinance that would prohibit parking of

tractor-trailer rigs in residential neighborhoods

is back before Fayetteville City Council with

only minor changes from what the Planning

Commission had recommended earlier.

City

Council had sent the ordinance back to the

Planning Commission to get the planners'

recommendation for a series of regulations for

trucks that are currently being parked at

residents' homes and will be allowed to continue

under a "grandfather" clause.

But

after considering rules that would prohibit

parking the truck cabs in the street and require

that they be parked at the side or rear of homes,

not in the front, plus other rules, the Planning

Commission decided to recommend leaving well

enough alone.

"You're

talking about putting another driveway in,"

said Kevin Adams, owner/operator of a

tractor-trailer rig who is currently parking his

cab at home.

Adams,

who has attended every meeting as the Planning

Commission and City Council discussed the matter

over the last three months, told the Planning

Commission last week that adding too many

regulations to the "grandfathered"

situations would defeat the purpose of the

grandfather clause.

"I

would just as soon go back to our original

recommendation," said Planning Commission

member Segis Lipscomb. "I think the

ordinance we've come up with is a fair one."

The

proposed law would prohibit any future truck

owners from parking their rigs at home, but would

allow those currently doing so to continue if

they get a permit.

Planning

commissioners said the only change they could

recommend would be adding a prohibition against

doing any "heavy maintenance" on the

rigs at home, and a rule prohibiting parking them

on front lawns.

City

Council had the ordinance on its agenda Monday,

but voted to delay its vote until the next

council meeting Nov. 15. The group's usual policy

is to hold off on voting on items the same week

it gets a recommendation from the Planning

Commission.

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