The overview
The recommendation for this restriction was made by Manvel Chief of Public Safety Keith Traylor.
“We’ve been receiving several complaints about the commercial vehicles that have started parking along the access roadways along State Highway 288,” he said at the meeting.
The new ordinance restricts the following vehicles from parking along the highway:
- Truck-tractors
- Trailers designed to be drawn by truck-tractors
- Public or private buses
- Converted buses
- Heavy construction equipment, to include but not be limited to: graders, dozers, rollers, cement mixers, backhoes, dump trucks, etc.
- Any commercial vehicle exceeding 35 feet in length
The prohibition to park applies specifically when the commercial vehicle is not parked for an active delivery, service or renovation work, according to the ordinance.
Violations of the new ordinance could cost up to $200, the ordinance notes.
