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City council to consider smoke shop regulation, truck parking, new railroad crossing
Smoke shops and 18-wheelers will both come into the Hesperia City Council's crosshairs at their Wednesday meeting, and the council will also discuss a new method of crossing the railroad tracks that bisect the city.
"All three of them are just being considered," city spokeswoman Kelly Malloy said Tuesday afternoon. "There's not actually any decision being made. ... The council will look at these staff reports and give direction."
The council will first consider amending the city's existing commercial truck parking provisions. A variety of options are being considered, including eliminating the ability of truck drivers to park anywhere for two hours at a time, prohibiting trucks and trailers from being parked in front or side yards and limiting trucks to one per lot.
"We've had residents bring some concerns" to the council at previous meetings, Malloy said. "A lot of the concerns are the wear and tear on the roads and where they should be allowed to park the trucks, because we have so many subdivisions coming in."
The city council will also discuss the possibility of regulating smoke shops -- businesses that sell tobacco products as their primary business.
"We're looking at the effect of smoke shops on the city and if there's any necessary responses," Malloy said.
Although the long-awaited Ranchero Road underpass is still has not yet broken ground, officials are looking to the future, and a third way for residents to cross the BNSF rail line that splits the city into east and west portions.
"There's two different possible locations," Malloy said. "That would be at Eucalyptus and at Lemon, Mauna Loa or Mojave, all in the same area."
Eucalyptus Street has also been discussed as a future interchange with Interstate 15, following a Ranchero Road interchange to be built after the Ranchero Road underpass is completed, giving Hesperia three east-west roads that would both connect to the freeway and allow travel across the railroad tracks.
Wednesday night's Hesperia City Council meeting takes place at 6:30 p.m. at Hesperia City Hall at 9700 Seventh Avenue.
Beau Yarbrough can be reached at 956-7108 or at beau@hesperiastar.com.
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| hey kristy guess what yes you do have the right to walk through a shopping center but so do we smokers. im a little tired of those who do not smoke forgetting that smokers have just as many rights as they do. and yes if you dont like it go somewhere else there are shopping centers that do not have smoke shops however they do have smokers and pretty much no matter where you go one store or another are celling tabbaco products. lets remember something from the past it was called prohibition, that was where a bunch of narrow minded people such as yourself and anyone else who feels that if they dont do it it should be against the law tried to ban alcohol, you know what that didnt work back then. they have deemed that coffee is bad for you should we outlaw that. everyone knows that wont happen because the majority of the population belives in it. i have said this before and i will say it again when you live in a city you must cater to all of thier vices no matter what your views are as long as it is legal the city has to provide its citizens with a means how about we limit the number of churches that go up im not a religious man and i find it offensive to me that every corner i turn i see a church. this wont happen and you know what i deal with it out of respect for those who do go to church so all i am saying is if you want respect well you have to give respect ill respect you for your views and beliefs as long as you respect me as well and if you notice i am not hiding i have given my full name. |
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| paul freeland - Nov 13, 2007 09:23:37 AM | Remove Comment |
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| They can park in commercial areas not RESIDENTIAL areas. Banning them from parking in residential areas would not affect the delivery of products at all. That excuse has been used before and it didn't have any merit with other cities who banned them as well. There is a place for everything and parking commericial trucks at residences is not the appropriate place so deal with it. |
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| Resident - Nov 09, 2007 03:02:41 PM | Remove Comment |
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| Next time you complain on where they can park on their own land Remember that without the trucks you would not have that computer you are using right now. Where are they suppose to park. Whats next where you can park your own car. |
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| for TRUCKERS - Nov 09, 2007 08:39:32 AM | Remove Comment |
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| I for one applaud Hesperia City Council for the discussion of smoke shops. I should not have to walk in a center and breathe in the smoke of someone smoking, and yes I have the right to walk through the center so please don't tell me to go somewhere else if I don't like it.
I shouldn't have to breathe in second hand smoke and worry about getting lung cancer when I am not a smoker.
Enough is enough they are popping up all over town and it sends the wrong message to the younger generations. Thankyou Hesperia and I hope that you can come up with something. |
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| KRISTY - Nov 08, 2007 11:49:55 AM | Remove Comment |
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| As far as Truckers go. They don't belong in residential areas. Some don't even live nor own the property they are parking at. Some are running trucking operations out of their home. That is a business which has no place in a residential area. They are ruining the roads in these areas that the City just spent millions of dollars on repairing. They transport cargo that has no business being in a residential area. The City needs to stop being wimps and BAN trucks in residential areas and allow them in commerical areas where they belong. This problem is getting out of control and something needs to be done now. Citizens need to write letter to the City. Speak up NOW or a truck stop could be operating next door to you and it will be to late to complain about it later on. |
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| GetTough - Nov 08, 2007 11:01:53 AM | Remove Comment |
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| There is a difference in a Smoke Shop that sells cigarettes and cigars from a Head Shop that also sells bongs, roach clips, etc that is considered drug paraphenalia by law enforcement. They should not be allowed to sell those items in the city limits because it encourages illegal drug use. If someone is caught with those items they are charged with possession of them so why should these shops be allowed to sell them. Cigarettes and cigars are not illegal and are sold by other places such as grocery stores, gas stations, etc. |
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| GetTough - Nov 08, 2007 10:57:46 AM | Remove Comment |
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| As much as I respect the intent of what Ms. Vogler is trying to do, I don't agree with the tenants of it. I am not nor ever have been a smoker, but it's a legal activity, and I believe in free commerce and fewer laws. If graffit left uncleaned on signs all over the is an indication that the city isn't effectively taking care of issues in their own back yard now, and you want to pile on more regulation? Please clean up issues now, and let people who are adults choose through the market place which businesses they will support. Please don't make the mistake of trying to legislate morality. It is not the place of a politician, no matter how civic minded. |
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| Buckley - Nov 08, 2007 07:25:28 AM | Remove Comment |
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| The problem with Hesperia creating ordinances is they don't effectively enforce them when they are created. When they do attempt to enforce them, they loose in court because something is wrong with them, leaving the complaining party hanging in the wind. So, please spare me any further ordinances Hesperia that are going to go no where except into the history books as a lesson learned for future generations as to how not to run a city. |
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| ExcuseMe - Nov 07, 2007 10:41:33 AM | Remove Comment |
