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Dear Mr. Scelfo:

This office is in receipt of your opinion request regarding City of Franklin Ordinance No. 3172. As per your request and our brief telephone conversation, you are particularly interested in the legality of the ordinance, which purports to regulate the use of the public streets located within the limits of the Franklin Historical District by trucks transporting sugar cane. The Ordinance reads as follows:

Beginning with the 2008 sugar cane harvest season, and thereafter, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any semi-trailer, tractor, tandem trailer, or trailer of any kind…