Council directs staff to draft ban on through commercial trucks in parts of Greenwood

Mayor Benton asked the council to consider a prohibition on commercial trucks operating on residential streets in the Greenwood Subdivision and to direct staff to prepare ordinance language. "They're bringing tractor trailer trucks home, and they're parking them in the yard because there's no other place to park them," Benton said during the discussion, describing residents' complaints about overnight parking and tight driveways.

Police Chief White reviewed the legal definition of "truck" from the city's code of ordinances and said the proposed restriction would target through travel while preserving exemptions for deliveries and school buses. "The ordinance does have... deliveries is one of those," Chief White said, explaining that enforcement would require officers observing a vehicle traveling on a restricted street.

Council members raised enforcement and equity concerns: some said they supported a targeted ban on through commercial trucks while preserving legitimate homeowner uses; others worried citations could accidentally penalize delivery drivers. Richard cautioned against prohibiting activities that were a person's livelihood, noting parking costs for drivers. Several council members urged staff to focus on sections that serve as cut‑throughs to Reading Road and High School Road.

After discussion, the mayor took an informal show of hands and reported four council members in favor of directing staff to draft an ordinance revision to prohibit through commercial trucks on the designated Greenwood streets. The council did not adopt final ordinance language at the meeting; staff was directed to return a draft for formal consideration at a future meeting.

The action to prepare an ordinance revision was a direction to staff, not a final regulatory change; members emphasized clarifying enforcement, exemptions, and the specific streets to be included before returning the item for formal vote.