Kansas
I am about to have to deal with court proceedings over parking of 2 smaller semi trailers in a residential area. I am NOT in a "we care" neighborhood and have told the city this is a temporary situation until I get gone...
The city indicates I am in violation of my zoning regs because they do not allow parking of commercial vehicles. By their own definition, it indicates a commercial vehicle as one that is designed AND used for profit, in which I am not...
I have also indicated this is rather discriminatory because there is a TON of other vehicles around the area that have clear stickers on them that they are commercial, yet no one cares. There is also a bunch of very large enclosed trailers on properties but since they are bumper pull, they do not care.
I have voiced that USDOT regs are on my side and the city's are not specific enough to consider my trailers commercial any longer.
My intent is to tie this up in court, request for continuances, appeal to the district court, etc.
Questions are, how do you actually fight the city and what angles might be taken in this matter? I am convinced our city judge will be biased due to his paycheck. I think I make a rather good argument but I hear the city always wins in stuff like this....
I am about to have to deal with court proceedings over parking of 2 smaller semi trailers in a residential area. I am NOT in a "we care" neighborhood and have told the city this is a temporary situation until I get gone...
The city indicates I am in violation of my zoning regs because they do not allow parking of commercial vehicles. By their own definition, it indicates a commercial vehicle as one that is designed AND used for profit, in which I am not...
I have also indicated this is rather discriminatory because there is a TON of other vehicles around the area that have clear stickers on them that they are commercial, yet no one cares. There is also a bunch of very large enclosed trailers on properties but since they are bumper pull, they do not care.
I have voiced that USDOT regs are on my side and the city's are not specific enough to consider my trailers commercial any longer.
My intent is to tie this up in court, request for continuances, appeal to the district court, etc.
Questions are, how do you actually fight the city and what angles might be taken in this matter? I am convinced our city judge will be biased due to his paycheck. I think I make a rather good argument but I hear the city always wins in stuff like this....