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Residents ask Rowan County to address commercial trucks parked on Carter Street; sheriff advised to enforce
Summary
Two residents told commissioners that commercial garbage and industrial trucks park on Carter Street in a southern Rowan County neighborhood, causing road damage, odors and public-safety concerns; commissioners and staff advised repeated reports to the sheriff and suggested zoning staff follow up.
Residents from the southern part of Rowan County urged commissioners during public comment to address repeated parking of commercial vehicles in a residential dead-end street that they say is damaging the road and posing safety and environmental concerns.
Santiago Quintero told the board he lives at the end of a dead-end and that commercial vehicles park on the public road near his home, causing erosion, oil leaks and odors that he said prevent children from safely playing outside. "I can't have my children ... I got 2 teenagers that can't go outside and and play because it's, RGS trash truck," Quintero said. He said…
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