SEASON-ENDING LOSS! Golden Eagles fall. 8 Herald-CitizenTUESDAY.Herald-Citizen MARCH 26, 2019 | COOKEVILLE, TENNESSEE 117TH YEAR | NO. 60 75 CENTS Judge rules against short-term rental BY LINDSAY MCREYNOLDS than three hours of witness He said seven diff erent about the city’s ordinance es- HERALD-CITIZEN testimony Monday at the Put- tenants leased the property tablishing rules for short-term nam County Justice Center, in 2017, but tenants were not rentals from his real estate A temporary injunction is- including that of the city codes found through airbnb.com or agent. sued earlier this month against director, former neighbors of vrbo.com at that time. Only short-term rental prop- the owners of a short-term the Petrello family as well as Petrello testifi ed that his erties occupied by the owner rental property in Cookeville Michael Petrello. family moved back to the home can operate in single-family has been made permanent. The Petrellos bought the in December 2017, when he was residential zones, according to That means Michael and home on Southern Woods unemployed and his wife was city rules that went into eff ect Michelle Petrello, who now Court for $699,999 in 2014, a stay-at-home mom. Their in January 2018. live in Florida, cannot use but Michael Petrello said he children attended the nearby Short-term rentals of prop- their property at 170 Southern stopped working for Ford in Prescott school. erty not occupied by the owner Woods Court in Cookeville as July 2017 and listed the home He said they listed the home are permitted in multi-family a short-term rental, a business for sale for $1.4 million. for sale again in April 2018 and and commercial zones. made popular by websites such “High profi le consumers continued to live in the home When questioned by city as airbnb.com and vrbo.com. aren’t everywhere around until July when they moved to attorney Dan Rader, Petrello LINDSAY MCREYNOLDS | HERALD-CITIZEN Chancellor Ron Thurman here,” Petrello said. “We opted St. Augustine, Florida. Michael Petrello testifies. issued that ruling after more to lease it out.” Petrello said he found out SEE RULING, PAGE 2 0I’D LIKE TO KNOW0 How much can garbage truck lift? HERALD-CITIZEN STAFF REPORTS Question: What is the maximum weight of the contents of roadside gar- bage cans that can be picked up by the lifting arm of a garbage truck? Answer: Cookeville Public Works Director Greg Brown said “The arm on the sanitation truck is capable of lifting more than 750 pounds, depend- ing on how far the arm is extended. Since the cans are fl exible, the arm usually cannot get a suffi cient grip on the cans to actually lift and empty one if they weigh 750 pounds. The cans will either slip out of the grasp of the arm or be damaged by the extra force applied trying to lift it. The maximum it can reliably lift and empty is 300 to 350 pounds.” Question: Now that we know that it is, indeed, a violation of the law to drive in the rain without hour head- JIM HERRIN | HERALD-CITIZEN lights on, I would like to know if the Monterey consulting engineer Nathaniel Green, left, goes over revised plans for a water extension project Cookeville Police Department or Put- with Starlett Wessells, chair of the town’s Water and Sewer Committee. nam County Sheriff ’s offi ce ever stop anyone and cite them for this violation. Even in the worst of rain and fog and even well after dark, I see folks driving Monterey industry faces water rate increase without their headlights on which is so dangerous for them and for others on BY JIM HERRIN rate increases in the future. on the townspeople,” Jarrett said. the road. Seems like this is a common HERALD-CITIZEN “We did have a meeting with “We’re going to do this round on the violation that could use some enforce- Perdue, and they just told us they’re industrial users.” ment. The town of Monterey may have not going to sign a contract at all,” The town board has not yet voted Answer: According to CPD sta- to go forward with a plan to sub- he said. on a specifi c plan for rate increases. tistics, 82 citations for not operating stantially increase water and sewer Consulting engineer Nathaniel Green also said Monterey will headlights during inclement weather rates for its largest industrial cus- Green added, “We did discuss with probably have to scale back slightly were issued in 2017, 36 in 2018 and 18 so tomers. them the potential for a rate in- on a proposal to extend waterlines far in 2019. Water and Sewer Department Di- crease, so they said that there may under the I-40 interchange, a proj- Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris rector Duane Jarrett said offi cials be a time that they want to come ect offi cials hope to partially fund said, “We rarely write citations for not were hoping that Perdue Farms and talk to us.” through a grant from the Appala- having headlights on-we mostly give would sign a long-term contract “In the last round (of rate increas- with the city in return for reduced es), we went up almost 42 percent SEE MONTEREY, PAGE 2 SEE KNOW, PAGE 2 Tennessee Tech to host Baja SAE competion April 11-14 TTU — Tennessee Tech will ance race which includes harsh advisor for Tech’s Baja team. host Baja SAE April 11-14 at elements and rough terrain. “We have a veteran crew of peo- Tech’s Hyder-Burks Agricultur- One hundred teams have ple who have been doing this for al Pavilion. signed up representing the Unit- several years. There are a lot of Baja SAE is an international ed States, India, Mexico, Egypt details and we are working hard contest sponsored by the Society and Canada, and 60 more are on every day to get everything of Automotive Engineers where a waiting list. ready. engineering students design and This is the eighth time Tech “The design process is a great build a single-seat, all-terrain has hosted the event, most re- hands-on experience for the vehicle that is to be the proto- cently in 2016. students to go through,” said type for a reliable, maintain- “It’s really exciting to have Wilson. “When they get to the able, ergonomic and economic these schools from all over competition, they not only race, production vehicle to serve the the world come to Tennessee there is a sales presentation, a recreational user market. Tech and be on campus,” said design presentation and a tech- The cars are put through a se- mechanical engineer professor A competitor navigates a mud pit during the ries of tests, including an endur- Dale Wilson, who is the faculty SEE BAJA, PAGE 2 endurance portion of a Baja SAE event. herald-citizen.com INDEX 1 sections | 14 pages OBITUARIES Page 5 DEAR ABBY 7 COMICS 13 OPINION 4 Glen Clark, Cookeville Norma Blaylock, Rickman Isabell Garrett, Allons CALENDAR 5 CROSSWORD 13 SPORTS 8 Lorine Mahan, Baxter Dewayne Shoemake, Cookeville Linda Price, Cookeville CLASSIFIED 10 LIVING 7 SUDOKU 13 Jeff Walker, Livingston Roger Cooper, Monterey John Corcoran Jr., Cookeville 2 HERALD-CITIZEN FROM PAGE 1 TUESDAY. MARCH 26, 2019 herald-citizen.com 0LOTTERY0 Monday Planners approve apartment complex near Tech Cash 3 Evening BY BEN WHEELER is expected to be completed in Drive to North Franklin Ave- transportation and traffi c in 1-7-5, Lucky Sum: 13 HERALD-CITIZEN November. The apartments nue, intersecting with North this area,” Mills said. Cash 3 Midday 1-1-1, Lucky Sum: 3 are expected to be completed Franklin 200 feet south of the “To align this with the Cash 3 Morning The Aerie student housing by July 2020.” proposed access to The Aerie. proposed entrance to The 3-7-0, Lucky Sum: 10 development has been ap- The 160-unit complex will Initial discussions report- Aerie will allow us to look at proved for construction. have 412 bedrooms, 470 park- edly ended with university a possible four-way stop, also Cash 4 Evening Cookeville Planning Com- ing spaces, gated access and offi cials not wanting to change realign Pine (Avenue), make 7-4-7-0, Lucky Sum: 18 mission approved the Planned 187 magnolia trees to serve as the alignment of the street. this a much safer intersection, Cash 4 Midday Residential Development at screening between the devel- Mills said city offi cials plan slow down traffi c on Franklin 0-4-1-8, Lucky Sum: 13 1000 N. Franklin Ave., and opment and the neighborhood. on speaking with university (Avenue) and provide a safer Cash 4 Morning construction is set to begin Cookeville city offi cials have offi cials again. means for students to cross 1-4-5-1, Lucky Sum: 11 soon. spoken with Tennessee Tech “In our opinion, the align- Franklin.” Cash4Life “There are no phases in offi cials about changing the ment would make a signifi cant Mills said Cookeville offi - 17-25-33-47-51 this, other than they will start university’s master plan for diff erence for this entire area. cials have a meeting with uni- Cash Ball: 4 construction in June,” said street alignment. We believe this extension of versity offi cials later this week Tennessee Cash James Mills, Cookeville plan- Tech’s master plan includes University Drive is going to and hope they reconsider the 06-14-24-30-32, Bonus: 4 ning director.