City hall is seeking a court order prohibiting the owners of a local trucking company from parking their equipment on property allegedly not zoned for the purpose.
According to a notice of claim filed with B.C. Supreme Court in Prince George, Benjamin Johnson and Rick Johnson, the owners of Two J Holdings 2000, have ignored written and verbal requests from the city to stop storing semi-truck trailers, tractor trailers and shipping containers on 5094 and 5098 Highway 16 West.
The sites are designated as greenbelt, rural resource under the OCP and greenbelt under the city's zoning bylaw and are part of the agricultural land reserve.
The equipment has been stored on the property since at least the end of 2003, according to the notice of claim, which was filed on Aug. 4.
The city has won similar court cases in the past.
In March 2014, John Christenson, owner of J.O. Trucking, was ordered to remove his equipment from residential property at 2957 and 2971 Andres Road after a neighbour complained about the practice.
And in May, a counterclaim against the city by Colleen Geisser was thrown out over the storage of shipping containers on her Pierreroy Road property.
The Johnsons have 21 days from the day they're served the claim to file a response.
