Police ask council to ban truck loading and late deliveries on West Extension to ease safety, noise concerns

Franklin Springs' police chief told the council the city has seen repeated truck-delivery problems on West Extension and West Box Circle, and asked the council to install no-loading/no-parking signage and to prohibit deliveries after 4 p.m. and on weekends.

The chief said the changes aim to keep a lane of traffic open for emergencies and reduce noise and safety issues for residents. "We were going to make that no loading or unloading zone for the entire street... the right side of that roadway all the way to the end of that street will be a no parking area on the right side," the chief said, outlining the area where signs would be placed. He also said signs would state "no deliveries after 4:00 p.m. and no deliveries on the weekend," and that enforcement would rely on state law and local ordinances.

City staff noted roughly five to six citations related to truck parking in the previous month and described the potential need to confer with the municipal judge to set baseline fines. The chief asked the council for a motion to order the signs be installed by city workers; the transcript records the request and a second, and staff discussed enforcement options, but it does not include a formal roll-call vote tally in the record.

Why it matters: the measure would change permitted street parking and delivery hours for businesses and drivers in the affected neighborhood and would affect enforcement workload for police and the municipal court.

Details and next steps: the chief said staff will begin ordering signs once the council provides direction; enforcement will proceed under state code and local ordinances. The transcript does not record a subsequent court decision about fines or a completed vote tally on the signage motion.