Truckers have a hard enough time finding a place to park their rigs when they’re OTR, but it just got harder for some truckers to find a place to park even when they’re at home. A Florida county just banned trucks from parking in residential areas – even if it’s off of the street on a trucker’s own land.
The Board of County Commissioners in Lee County, Florida voted unanimously to ban large commercial vehicles from residential areas and public right of ways. According to the commissioners, trucks parked in those areas are detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of Lee County’s citizens.
“We want to be responsive to complaints that come to us, and we receive lots of complaints about trucks being parked in residential areas,” Commissioner Brian Hamman said according to The Lehigh Acres Citizen.
Authorities will be able to issue citations, fines, and even tow away the offending vehicle.
“Parking your vehicle in a residential area is not a suitable use for your land,” said Hamman. “Many are being parked in vacant lots that may not be owned by the person who parked there.”
The ban applies to any vehicle that meets one or more of the following criteria:
- Manufacturer Gross Vehicle Weight Rating over 15,000lbs
- A truck with two or more rear axles
- A semi-trailer truck or tractor-trailer
Despite those criteria, RVs are exempt from the ban.
“The county is not going to send an army of deputies or code enforcement to look for trucks commercial vehicles violations,” Hamman said. “This is going to be driven based upon if your neighbors are happy with you.”
Source: nbc2, fox4now, winknews, lehighacrescitizen, northfortmyersneighbor
I do what I want on my own land. The neighbors are really gonna have a problem if they wanna complain and cause me a problem!
AMEN TO THAT!!
If you park your rig on a public street, it is not “your” private property.
We’re not talking about public streets.
Me to. A cop came to owe house and we own 3 and a half acers. Anyway he said we had to move the truck. That’s not happening. I’ll take my ticket or go to jail because that’s MY LAND and thay CAN NOT tell you what to do on your land. That a FACT.
How about no Truck deliveries at all in Lee County and all surrounding Counties, this way everyone can be happy.
Maybe that’s what it will take to get these suit wearin lawmakers to understand that laws have limits too…
Yes…since it’s so “detrimental to their health”! Florida sucks anyway. They just take and take the freight and have very little loads to offer in return except produce. Even if you do get paid well going in there, you waste time getting out to be closer to GA.
I live in Florida but not lee county and I am not delivering there any longer
I would vote for that!
So true when they stop getting there food and toilet paper they will change there minds.
Just stop the food! They won’t need toilet paper!
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Yes for sure. Sorry it said no trucks no toilet paper for them to
Yep, totally agree, ban deliveries!!
That will teach them lesson
Wait and see what they do when they don’t get merchandise deliver to local stores ….
Please do
It’s time to remove all non truck drivers from all offices in America. When that happens all discrimination against trucks will end and we can stop the 4 wheelers from parking at their own homes
I’ll park on my own property no matter what they say. If truckers stop working then what complain they have no food/gas etc…get a life and stop worrying about hard working citizens
Tow ur rig
No u go on welfare
And we are working on getting rid of welfare and food stamps
So i own my property and if the neighbors are upset with me i get in trouble? Wtf how does this work and why is it that everyday across the country we are being stripped of more of our own individual freedoms just because we are truck drivers. I cant bring my truck home because the neighbor doesnt like it, but the same neighbor can smoke and grow as much marijuana around his house and thats 100% acceptable according to society standards. I hope everyone who loves their tells them where to stick it
Tell your neighbor and the powers at be tough.
It’s not just trucks. In some places you can’t park your boat or your RV either. I agree – WTF? So a neighbor doesn’t like trucks (or YOU) and they can get the cops to ticket you. More bs. We are losing our rights by the day.
Move to another country
I here south America has room
Seeing most of the violation comes from illegal immigrants driving and can’t speak English.
The ones who fucking it up drain their oil in the gulf of Mexico through tires every where to expensive to dispose of correctly.
It’s happening because nobody wants to stand up together. If a person is not directly affected by whatever nonsenses being proposed then it’s just the same old “me-me-me” mentality. It’s sad, but true.
Quit ur job and smoke weed
Plain and simple if this country hates trucks and the drivers so bad than it’s time to park them lets see how well they like that 31 year’s driving I’m done with it.
This is insane…. all truckers should get together and file some sort of discrimination complaint. TRUCKERS LIVES MATTER
Truckers Lives Matter!!!
Hahahaha
Love it
We gotta get t-shirts going
Well, if you deliver somewhere in this county, you have to park your truck to unload. Maybe it’s time for a lesson. I think most people in this county are not aware that trucks are bringing them desired goods. Lets do it. Can’t wait to see their faces!
Yea no food fuel or anything else to this dumb county. Then we will see if they suddenly see the light.
I’m glad I don’t live in Florida!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think they should just cut to the chase and outlaw semis all over. Even on the highways.
Or maybe truckers need to shut down for a while now show the rest of em how dependent this country is on us. Hmmmmm there’s a thought.
Yep, people take the easy availability of goods for granted. It’s total ignorance. What can we expect though if people don’t even understand where their food comes from? That the burger they are eating came off some nasty feed lot. How can they possibly expand their thinking to ponder how it got to the store? Last time I checked there were no helicopter pads on top of food stores, much less runways for jets to land!
So…those big ole RV’s are exempt? Think I’d be filing discrimination lawsuit if I couldn’t park my truck at the house but my neighbors can park their big RV.
So true. Grouchy old biddies don’t like the “unsightly” truck. Meanwhile they have a colossal abomination of an rv rusting away in the back… but hey, fl. They are 99% old people in rvs. If they tried to ban them they’d be out of office. God’s I can’t wait for the older generation to gtfo of politics. Maybe then we’ll see some comon sense.
If you think you’re gonna see common sense from millenials you’re really in trouble.
True on millennials
Maybe gtfo of the planet!
RVs and campers should be included in the ban. What is unhealthy about a tractor parked on private property? Most don’t idle their truck at home they plug it in. I’d understand if houses were close and it idled. Same as neighbors dog barking constantly disturbing sleep.
Great idea!!
I’ve been hearing that suggestion since I started driving in 1998. Have yet to see anyone put their money where their mouth is and ACTUALLY STRIKE!
I have walked out on several companies not treating thier drivers right, and in at least one instance taken several other drivers with me in protest. Seriously, if you are sitting back and taking this crap until “somebody else” starts a strike or walkout then you ate half the problem.
And they are still in business doing fine without u
Been a thought for over eighty years.
So this includes Fort Myers and Cape Coral. Not truck friendly. Noted.
All Lee county
So if you don’t live near a truck stop (that’s probably overcrowded already) your not allowed to go home! They want more truck drivers but give you less place to park, but expect you to not only follow ever changing rules but also be held responsible for mechanical failures you have no control over! Sounds like a general truckers strike might not be a bad idea!
Mechanical malfunction is the attorneys defense, he’ll lose. The driver in Colorado smoked his brakes in Mt Vernon canyon and drove away from the run away truck ramp already running at a high rate of speed. That is the true reason he his being charged so harshly. This on the other hand is gov’t taking the rights of a citizen away.
Mechanical malfunction is the attorneys defense, he’ll lose. The driver in Colorado smoked his brakes in Mt Vernon canyon and drove away from the run away truck ramp already running at a high rate of speed. That is the true reason he his being charged so harshly. This on the other hand is gov’t taking the rights of a citizen away. There needs to be a lawsuit over this. But they aren’t the only jurisdiction that have ridiculous ordinance against trucks and trucking.
The city of Deltona FL has been doing it over a year, I end up having to park at the home depot accross town where I deliver before going home. Last I heard they started towing trucks from there too if left overnight. I guess the wallmart next door has been complaining. No idea where to park now as the closest truck stop or rest area is 40 – 50 miles away.
Where’s Jimmy ?
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See !! Now that’s a thought… perhaps we can get this one rolling for real.
I don’t get it – it’s either illegal or it’s not to park a semi truck. I don’t see how it’s legal to leave that decision to your neighbors. Secondly, I don’t see how they would be able to tow your own property off your private property. If I lived in this county I would be fighting this.
I wonder how this might play out in Florida with thier castle doctrine and stand your ground laws combined with drivers. I don’t live in Florida, but I can imagine a tow truck driver being killed by gun fire while attempting to tow a truck off of private property.
No Lee county sheriff will not let that happen
Careful what u write
We use lethal injection for execution
I like the idea, don’t deliver anything in lee county! I live in Florida and am an owner operator. I park on my property if they don’t like it tough, see what happens when the taxes are short.
Ban!!!!!Mt Luther King St in every state across America. I’m sick of looking at it. Lee county is one of the most currupt counties in the state of Florida.
Corruption because people like u can’t follow rules
It’s time for a trucker strike all across the board. Truckers get no respect as it is.
They cant strike, there is nowhere for them all to park!
Its all about money,i don’t believe residents complain that much at all,Lee county just come up with schemes to get more money for their deep pockets.
No ur trucks dont belong in neighborhoods
This speaks to a larger problem in our country of local governments slowly eroding our rights. Everyone focuses on Washington, but will these county commissioners be held to account next election? Will truckers in this county challenge this in court? I do hope so.
I guess there needs to be rallies, and galvanizations, to bring attention. Tell us who wants to lead, when the dates to attend, and when I can show up. —-That’s if truckers really want to get serious about these issues across America.*
It’s not just Lee County Florida Polk County Florida does the same thing I own two acres there and cannot park my truck on my property
It’s my land I’ll do what I want don’t like it leave or I’ll make you leave. No one will never be able to tell me what I can or can not do on my own property. I’ll stand up for my own rights.
Hope u have alot of money and good lawyer and u still will lose
I’ve been in the trucking business nearly 50 years. There has been talks and threats of truckers going on strike for longer than that. The only couple of times even a tiny strike got going, the union guys would strike but not the independents and vice-versa. Look at French truckers. When they strike, they all strike. Block highways, block city main roads, etc. Very effective as they get what they want. Quit being a bunch of wimps, and ALL truckers strike. 3 days will do it. Stores and pharmacies will be empty. You will have the public’s and politicians attention. But it’ll never happen. Too bad that the group who could be more powerful than any union or any other group just can’t get organized and have a voice.
Too bad most drivers are anti union.
It’s not being anti-union as being anti-doing with our money without our consent. There’s a problem with majority of unions, and that is, that they try and get certain people elected so that they can get things put in place to only help themselves out, while hindering others and the economy.
My dad was a truck driver, retired now, also part of the Teamsters, do you know what the Teamsters really do? Probably not. With the dues that come in, they pay elected officials, donations for there running, to get laws, more money, and a lot of other ‘stuff’ done to only help themselves. Aka talking heads, are what unions are, putting words in your mouth.
While an real union, wouldn’t be buying elected officials, but would be putting out news about what’s changing and which people are supporting it, with lawyers in the background to support the drivers with also medical expenditures. They would also be able to gather the people of the union to strike if need be, and let everyone know when to do it.
That would solve the problem of unity, while not putting words in your mouth that u dont agree with.
We have Amazon we don’t need u
Are you stupid?
Does amazon provide you with tap water ( because we haul the chemicals to treat your drinking water to the plants for safe drinking)?
Do they haul food for your fat mouth?
Fuel for your car?
Use your brain, quit trying to provoke, show some respect
You’re out of your league boy
No ur out of ur league
Park ur office somewhere else or get towed .
End of conversation
They are in need of a General to organize them for this conflict… Perhaps you can assist them !!
If the truck has a sleeper cab, it is a RV. Call your truck a RV. I choose to identify as a RV so do not discriminate against me or I need a safe space. My safe space is on my home property.
Your home needs be outside Lee county then
U dont do this in Naples
And ur not going to do it here
I do what I want on my own land, RV’s can park but u can’t, I smell a law suit!
You know most lawsuits are filled in the same county as the complaint is in and apparently the people that makes up their stupid ordinance will be the jury of your Piers A’s they call it. OK.
Yep and will lose ur lawsuit
Sounds bias and prejudice if they don’t allow trucks but allowing RVs
very simple…refuse to deliver any product to Lee county…believe me eventually they will rethink that ban
The “strike” would be seen as a safety issue…… and banned.
The ban even applies to land zoned as agriculture. And even if it’s private. I’d call whoever was behind this Stupid, but they wouldn’t understand my insult.
It’s time to stop this crap now we can’t have any control on our own land we need to get a petition to stop this andnip it the bud
Great. Your neighbor has a hard on for you because of some bs and the county gave him a way to jack with you.
Let them tow an abf truck and see what happens. Hope they have a few million to pay city attorneys to fight it out in court for the next ten years if necessary. Organize or bend over and take it like a man.whining on some truckers forum huhuhuhu if you always do what you always done you’ll always get what you always got.boo hoo.
I drive and live in a nude neighborhood with manicured lawns so I lease a spot at a small commercial lot nearby. I leave my personal vehicle in my spot while working. Neither my neighbors nor I bought into an industrialized area and no one wants to deal with the congestion on the streets or the tractors parked in the front yards.
Nude=nice.
nude sounded more fun
As a citizen, you need to show up at school board meetings to determine the path of your school board…
As a commercial truck driver, you need to show up to City and County land use planning meetings…if you want to park on your own land.
No one owns the land except the government. We just rent it from them. See what doesn’t happen if you don’t pay the taxes. Yes we pay taxes for schools, roads and services. But instead of going after a person they just take the land back. It’s a cycle but we never truly own land.
This is nothing new for the Lee County area. A long time ago, Cape Coral had a ban on any vehicle with commercial lettering on it. You could not even park a pickup truck in your driveway overnight if it had a company name on it at that time. If you have ever been to the newly built Loves in Lee County, you will notice that once you enter the truck stop, the only exit makes you turn back towards the interstate. You can not get fuel first then go into town. Have to get back on interstate and figure out how to make a U-turn from there.
What day we walk out and strike?!?
How many of you truckers in Lee, FL. actually vote?
And you my friend have a brain! VOTE, or become a target. Amen!
And just who decides what is an appropriate use of PRIVATE LAND? This needs to be challenged. This is still AMERICA. Freedom from tyranny is one of the reasons we started this republic!
America lol not anymore that ship sailed long ago
That’s ok we will just open sewage plants next to ur house
You’re a walking sewage plant
I live in Las Vegas and we haven’t been allowed to park at our homes for about a year. Huge fines, have to rent a parking spot at a storage unit for 103.00 a month..
Your own land? You think so is Yours!!!!
I hate to tell all those who claim “I’ll do what I want on my property”, no you won’t. Try growing pot or cooking meth. Maybe start a dog fighting club or try suntaning naked on the front lawn. There is tons of stuff you can’t do on your “own” property. We don’t really own land anymore, if you think so don’t pay your property taxes for a few years and see how long you own it.
Sounds like maybe the drivers in Lee County do need to take time to go to a few county board meetings, maybe hire an attorney to speak for them and explain how the new law is putting undo burden on their livelyhood? It probably won’t do any good unless they can get one of the tv stations to run a piece on the news.
I used to live in a small town where I owned most of the block where my house was. The only other thing on block was a church that had no parking even though it was a large church, they would park all over my grass covered property throw trash out I had to clean up. I only asked that they did not block my truck in so I could get out if I needed to. After several times of being blocked in I told them I would have cars towed that where blocking me in. So their response was to complain to the city about my truck being parked by the church, so the city comes to me and says in order for you to park your truck here here it will have to be covered by at least a carport structure so I did one better and built a shop for it to park in and then posted no parking signs towed at owner expense and started having them towed which made them even mad that much more. Finally a big storm did severe damage to my 105 year old house so the church thought they could force me to sale them the property instead I used the insurance to finish tearing it down and put up an 8 ft privacy fence and really p!!sed them off, I keep my taxes paid as early as possible. There is always a way to deal with people if you put your mind to it.
U will do as told,what’s to question bout that,oh where has freedom gone?here n the good old usa
Been that way in this little POS town in east idaho since the early 90’s and only about 3,000 people here on sundays. Originally it was rvs also but they get parked all over the place and nothing is said but they are all over a truck within hours. I can promise you your neighbours will bitch about it unless they have something else to complain about. Either way the whiners usually win..
I had a similar issue in my small town in Georgia, where I only, out of several truckers in the area, was singled out and asked to not park my rig on the right of way by my house. I know that parking on the right of way is illegal but several of my neighbors did the same with their smaller vehicles and even had fences erected on the right of way, along the same street. I came home one day to find a “No Parking” sign that was basically planted in my front yard where I parked my truck at. No new ordinance was passed and the proper procedure for erecting such a sign was not followed. Come to find out that a neighbor that I never said 2 words to made some calls and went so far as to get a petition signed by other neighbors to get my truck banned from the neighborhood. Another trucker parked just 2 blocks away with no problems. I went before the commission to ask them to stop harassing me. I told them I had been silent through this whole unnecessary ordeal and that meeting with them was my last attempt at resolving this before I spoke to a lawyer about the county using their resources to harass me over a single person’s personal vendetta. I told them that I paid more taxes in that county than the complaining citizen on my trucks alone. Extra highway impact taxes, 2290 fees, ad valorem, and fuel taxes were all coming into the county. No problems since. I eventually moved afterwards.
I hate to sound like im cra cra but government is way out of hand. When you start. Over reaching and telling people what they can park on their own land you need to be stopped truckers need to stick together and and shut down for 72 hours it will cause a major ripple affect
Shut down Amazon Prime trucks for awhile. See who gets what then.
I went through that in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The local truck stop has a back row for local drivers ONLY to park it was $20.00 per day just for Friday night, until Monday at 6AM.I had to park at a closed business, all the way across town !
Maybe all drivers need to go on 3 to 4 week vacation all at the same time. Still getting paid. Lights are on no one is home. Just a thought.
Members of OOIDA or other associations need to ask their association for help. This law needs to be challenged or it could spread like a cancer.
This is just start other county will pass similar laws. I live in orange county and pays $280.00 for parking.
This all comes from ” lack of respect ” for someone else.
Ye stop delivery to flee county collier county smart thinking the 2 richest cities in the United states
You don’t understand anything do you?
Who cares if they’re rich, they won’t be for long if us lowly truckers act
We will survive without u
Lol
I have had neighbors with big trucks thst parked in residential area and they usually start them up and let the diesel engine rattle for awhile before leaving and its extremely annoying. I know we need to have trucks to move freight around but because of the trucks parked near my house I, ve gotten wherer zi hate Semi Trucksm