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1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />COUNCIL MEETING MAY 9, 1988 <br />keeping his truck at home as the present ordinance does. <br />Mr. Davis also would not qualify as grandfathered. Mr. <br />Davis asked why the ordinance sets 11,0 75 pounds as the cut <br />off point. He explained that many pickup trucks and <br />recreational vehicles weigh more than this. Mr. Kluegel <br />explained that this was a carryover from previous <br />ordinances. <br />Mr. Bisel explained that the City currently has an ordinance <br />on the books that prohibits the parking of any truck over <br />11,0 75 pounds in residential. The intent of this ordinance <br />was to allow some tractor truck over the road operators to <br />keep their trucks at home when they are there on a layover. <br />It addresses eighteen wheelers only, not dump trucks. Mr. <br />Cordell asked what happens to those residents who are home <br />every night. Mr. Bisel said the amendment could be thrown <br />out and just enforce the current ordinance. However that <br />would put some people out of business. Mr. Cordell said the <br />current ordinance was not enforceable and the Council agreed <br />to handle problems on a complaint basis. Mr. Cordell also <br />said that most truckers did not find out about this <br />amendment until about two weeks ago. Mr. Davis was <br />concerned because there has been no complaints and said he <br />could not see where he was in violation. He said he paid <br />*50,000 for his truck and did not see why he could not park <br />it on his property. He said he moved here because of the <br />rural setting. Mr. Reinert asked Mr. Davis what he thought <br />the Council should do about this problem. Mr. Davis said he <br />could see the problem and Mr. Cordell said that they were <br />asking for more leniency. He suggested that those who are <br />home every night should get a petition signed by their <br />neighbors and then Mr. Kluegel could issue a, permit. Mr. <br />Bisel said that this would be passing the responsibility <br />from the Council to the neighbors. Mr. Cordell suggested <br />that items No. 1 and No. 5 be eliminated from the proposed <br />ordinance. <br />Mayor Benson said he also had a problem with item No. 1 in <br />the ordinance and he had an additional concern for the <br />person with more than one truck on substantial acreage. He <br />suggested that another method of dealing with item No. 5 be <br />found that will not intensify the amount of trucks in the <br />City. Mr. Cordell asked that this ordinance be tabled and <br />then have the Council sit down with the truck owners and <br />prepare a workable solution. <br />Mr. Bisel explained that the purpose of the ordinance was to <br />eliminate the situation where tractor trailers were being <br />PAGE 3 <br />045 <br />