By DAVE HAMRICK
Staff Writer

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.