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Commission backs higher citation, asks staff to pursue enforcement plan after residents report semi trucks blocking neighborhood streets
Summary
Following resident complaints of daily tractor‑trailer staging on NW 15th Street, the commission approved raising the parking citation for offending trucks and asked staff to return with enforcement and mitigation options including staging alternatives.
Residents who live on and near Northwest 15th Street told the commission they are routinely blocked by tractor‑trailers staging for a produce wholesaler. After hearing multiple speakers — who described morning traffic delays, blocked driveways and safety concerns — the commission voted to direct staff to prepare an ordinance increasing the fine for illegal tractor‑trailer parking and to return with a short-term and long-term operational plan.
Major Elwood…
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