Action keeps large trucks off the street in P-I zone BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK -- The Township Council has adopted an ordinance designed to make sure no more trucking uses operate near a residential area off Route 18. Though the ordinance does not apply to the property where a trucking company operated until being forced out by the township last year, it specifically bans tractor trailers from accessing the industrial park from McGuire Street, where residents have long complained publicly about noise from trucks, Township Attorney Michael Baker said. The amended ordinance focused on McGuire Street because it is used as an entrance to the industrial park. The ordinance comes after repeated instances in which different trucking businesses operated on the site, which is governed by the township's Planned Industrial Zone. Area residents appeared at several Township Council meetings last year to complain that another trucking company was operating at the site, and that noise from the vehicles was creating disturbances at all hours. Trucking businesses are not permitted in the zone, but warehouse uses are allowed as a conditional use. The last trucking company reportedly informed the township it would be a warehouse use. The township eventually forced the company to leave in December for violating the zoning ordinance. The amended ordinance better defines the term tractor trailer. Baker said it is referred to as a Department of Transportation Class A vehicle. Councilman David Stahl had asked the Planning Board to re-examine the ordinance in hopes of tightening it to avoid further misuse of the site. Township Business Administrator James White said the board remanded the issue back to the professional staff, who fine-tuned the ordinance and offered it some definitions. He noted that the situation is unique because the residential zone is adjacent to an entrance to an industrial park.