North Carolina Insurance Agent Ordered to Hide his Fire Truck

March 31, 2008

State Farm insurance agent Darin Morton has had a fully functioning fire truck parked in front of his office in the Charlotte, N.C. suburb of Pineville for six years.

But The Charlotte Observer reports that Pineville’s Board of Adjustment voted last week to give Morton one month to hide the truck.

Morton’s 1975 fire truck has gold letters with information about his business. He was cited last month for violating the town’s zoning ordiance that prohibits “vehicular signage.”

Zoning administrator Kevin Icard said he’s gotten several complaints about the truck.

Icard says Morton had covered the letters with magnets and moved the truck to the back of his parking lot. But Icard says that’s not enough because the vehicle is used to advertise the business.

Topics Agencies Auto North Carolina

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  • April 4, 2008 at 12:49 pm
    T.D. Clayton says:
    It is sad that Pineville's officials are doing this. I called Darin this morning and bought the 1975 Fire truck. Now the truck now has a new home in Winchester, VA
  • April 1, 2008 at 1:25 am
    Bill Hogan says:
    I am never surprised at the things that elected officials think important. here in Massachusetts we have lots of debate on gay marriage all the while the murder rate increases... read more
  • April 1, 2008 at 9:47 am
    Melanie says:
    That's crap. If a vehicle can't be used to advertise, then there's a TON of agents insurance and real estate agents that are violating that code. Why not get them? Why pick... read more

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