tractor trailer ordinance 06-19-08
A TRUCKER HERE IN GREENVILLE SAY A Tractor-Trailer ORDINANCE IS SIMPLY UNFAIR. THEODORE WILSON SAYS HE'S BEEN PARKING HIS BIG RIG IN HIS BACKYARD FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW WITH NO PROBLEMS. WILSON SAYS SOME YEARS AGO HE WAS TOLD THAT IF HE PUT A SLAB OF CONCRETE ON HIS PROPERTY HE COULD PARK HIS TRACTOR IN HIS OWN YARD. NOW, HE SAYS, THAT HAS ALL CHANGED. WILSON TELLS ABC SIX THAT HE SEES R-V'S AND OTHER LARGE TRUCKS PARKED ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS ALL THE TIME. HE ADDED THAT IT IS UNFAIR THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE, AND HE PLANS TO FIGHT TO HAVE THE RULES CHANGED. WILSON COULD NOT APPEAR ON CAMERA TODAY BECAUSE HE'S OUT ON THE ROAD, BUT HE DID SPEAK WITH US BY PHONE.