A court order has paved the way for Whangarei District Council to dispose of a businessman's truck it seized for displaying advertising signs on a public road.
Owner of Magic Tyres and Mags in Whangarei, Brian May, waged a one-man battle against the local authority over signs it claimed was illegal.
The council impounded his Isuzu truck in January last year before asking Whangarei District Court for a forfeiture order to recoup its cost of impounding the vehicle, worth $1500, which stood at $3270 as at July 30.
The scrap between Mr May and the council started over advertising signs atop the truck on his former business premises on Okara Drive, which the council said breached local bylaws.
Apart from signs advertising the products his business was selling and their prices, Mr May had also displayed signs on his truck calling for council chief executive Mark Simpson to stand down.