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Common Council Meeting January 21st, 2026

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32:44
And can I just say one thing? And I'm sorry, before you go around this, as far as the truck goes, people's business, we're not trying to hurt that. What, what I'm more against is a place on Lorraine Ave that, you know, we've had a problem where a guy's got a school bus that's been there for 6 months that he's redoing it. Okay, huh? On the dead end, that type of stuff. We know that codes guy, if somebody's off the road coming over the road and is there a night, even 2 nights, codes guy is— isn't— most of the time the neighbors aren't calling. It's for the other stuff that happens daily. I mean, it's— there's a lot of stuff that— you know what, I have a very nice district. And I'm proud of it, and I'm proud to represent my people. And people who take care of their properties shouldn't have to go through this and, and see this— a guy that is, uh, you know, a contractor and has 3 or 4 trucks there and is parked on the grass. That's, that's what we're at. Obviously, we don't want to hurt anybody's business and, you know, hurt anybody, but I'm just telling you, it's an issue. And all— every one of you guys and I'm sure of it, has got calls about this in our district.
Unidentified speaker 33:57
All right, yeah, two things I would like to just point out quickly for you guys. So when I talked to my, my officers and Councilman Betrus about this legislation, um, it's not like the— I don't think it's the type of legislation, but look, I could— there could be a different codes commissioner tomorrow, the mayor could give a different— so regular grains of salt, he could give a different directive. I don't think it's the type of thing where we're going around looking for trucks and driveways. I think it's the type where we're responding to complaints, and then when you get a complaint, you deal with people. That's number one. But number two is you can also write an ordinance, um, the same way you can for an 8-foot fence, like the Councilperson just said, and give exceptions in your neighborhood. But then it's on the council to do that, right? So if somebody calls and says, I don't like that codes cited me for my truck, this is how I make my living, and it's in your district and you feel like it's within the character of your district, you can bring it to the council to try to— that's the main part that we put in there.