On Butterfly Lane in Hermitage, Edward Boyle is building a garage where he claims he stores equipment for his landscaping business. However, neighbors complained he was running that business from his home.

An assistant planning director for the city of Hermitage testified that the complaints coming in were largely based on a potential business being operated out of Boyle's address.

Boyle explained that's not the case and that just one employee shows up to retrieve a vehicle.

"It is as simple as a person coming there, dropping their vehicle off, getting in a truck and leaving. 95 percent of what we use each and everyday is in the dump trucks already," Boyle said.

While Boyle was granted a permit to build the garage, he claims he was unaware that he also needed a permit to allow for partial use of that garage to be for storing business equipment or vehicles. When he did apply, the permit was denied. On Tuesday, he appealed that decision.

Residents are also upset at the noise coming from construction of the garage.

"The construction is loud, i know it's a nuisance, we apologized for that once already," Boyle said.

Boyle said storing the equipment itself doesn't cause a ruckus. He also turns off the backup sound on his truck in order to keep the peace in the neighborhood but this all raises a concern of safety for residents.

"So, when you're returning to a residential area you turn off a safety device?" Attorney Justin Lindsey asked.

Residents also complained that the industrial sized vehicles he's using are too much to be going up and down their streets and they fear their homes will be devalued in all this.

The hearing went on for several hours. City board members said it could go until 10p.m. Tuesday and even into Wednesday. As of this writing, 21 News had not heard back on if there was a decision.