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Session 1583, Minutes Page 4 J~ 11, 1993 the rezc~ing, not any specific use. She al-~o wished to make clear t_hat the proposed rezcaing does not incl,~e the c~m~texy. The City Manager said a public being was sd3eduled for this time and place to receive o,.~m~ents on a Plan C~massic~ ~tion to approve Zoning Code ~ that would allow small nc~-oamercial trucks to be parked on private property if they meet strictly defined cenditic~s. Mayor Majerus opened tba public b~e~ing at 8:16 p.m. and clarified that this hearing will consider only parking o~ private l~rty, since a public hear- ing on truck parking c¢~ public streets was held at an earlier hearing. Mr. Terence Shea, 520 Westgate, asked what would be changed, and Mr. Ollen- dorff said at present a truck can be parked only in a garage, carport, or screened r~ yard. T~ change would allow a small lx~l-c~L~ercial tl~/ck (th~- der 6,000 pounds, no longer than 18 feet nor higher than 6-1/2 feet) to be parked on a paved driveway. Mrs. Schuman pointed out that bills effecting any changes will not be intro- duced until the next meeting, and net approved before February 8. Ma. Bette Bush, 200 Linden, said she did not feel trucks should be parked so they may be seen fl~, the street, even eel a paved driveway. She felt truck parking affects pLuberty values negatively. Mr. Stepban Glickert, 7750 Blackberry, circulated photos to Council and said the vehicle in the photos was there for eight months. He said he sees trucks parked all over that do not meet present or proposed criteria and are not ticketed. He said the laws should not be changed until present ordinances can be uniformly enforced. Mrs. Elsie Glickert, 6712 Etzel, said she and mmly others who did not attend because of bad weather feel stru~gly that ~ parking laws should not be changed because of a negative effect c~ p~uperty values. She suggested that scrub inspectors should work hours other than nine to five in order to observe zoning violations. She said Council should preserve the City's esthetics, and that changing the restrictices would invite many people to buy trucks. She said Council should pass on to its successors the beauty it has received fn~thepast. Mr. Terence Shea, 520 Westgate, returned to the mic~u~hone. He said there seemed to be a view t_hat truck owners had low ~ but that was certainly not the case since trucks are very ea~e~ive. He noted that every third ve- hicle bought in Missouri is a truck. He also felt the current ordinance was enforced unevenly. He felt it was unfair that people could not park their trucks in their own driveway or in front of their h~mes. M~. A1 Klevorn, 5429 Fletcher, said his truck was ticketed on Eelmar on Janu- are 3 (Sunday), while he was at the Tivoli. He said there are no signs say- ing that truck parking is prohibited ~1 Sundays, and he did not understand