> There is something to be said for preventing people from using public streets as a showroom. <
Perhaps. But I still don’t see how that sign was a threat to public safety or public order. What’s next? No company names on the side of a work vehicle?
Anyway, you could be right. But I’m rather sure the truck guy had no idea about that ordinance. He had no idea that he was breaking the law. So give him a warning, at least at first. Don’t p!ss off a taxpayer if you don’t have to.
STUPID ORDINANCE
In this case it’s not a threat to safety or order, but there is always someone out there who goes too far and ruins it for the rest of us.
Somewhere out there, someone got the bright idea of becoming a used car salesman, but he didn’t want to invest in renting a lot to show his vehicles. So he started parking his inventory on the street, in front of other peoples houses, pissing off the neighbors who now couldn’t park their vehicles in front of their own homes. Or he parked his inventory on the curbs of heavily traveled thoroughfares, tying up traffic, and annoying business owners whose precious parking for potential customers was now tied up by these vehicles.
This is what happens in the city I live in, and that is why this parking ordinance was enacted here. It really wasn’t intended to hammer guys like the one in this story, but nonetheless it’s on the books and some copper who doesn't exercise discretion is going to write that ticket to get his one parker for his tour of duty out of the way.