City of Mentor v. Brettrager, Unpublished Decision (4-18-2002)

OPINION

In this accelerated calendar case, submitted on the record and the briefs of the parties, appellant, Walter Brettrager, appeals from the judgment of the Mentor Municipal Court entered on February 22, 2000. After a bench trial, appellant was found to have violated Mentor Zoning Code 150.244(J)(4), which prohibited the parking of commercial vehicles that weighed in excess of 5,050 pounds at dwellings in the residential neighborhood in which appellant resided. Appellant kept his tow-truck parked in his driveway. The ordinance he was prosecuted under became effective in October of 1996.

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