With all the talk about being “business-friendly” these days, we hope that the actions of municipalities are in line with the words of their leaders.

In Kennebunk, Chase Hill Road residents spoke up at recent selectmen’s meetings to tell officials they don’t like commercial trucks parking on their street when making deliveries to area businesses. While some cited concerns over what could happen if an emergency occurred and police or ambulances couldn’t get past delivery trucks, others complained of the congestion.

And while nobody enjoys having a large delivery truck parked in front of their home expelling diesel exhaust and blocking their line of sight, it seems like a knee-jerk reaction in Kennebunk for officials to side with residents who don’t like how nearby businesses are impacting them.

One York Street pizza place and bar was even put out of business a few years ago due to unhappy and very vocal neighbors.

It would be ideal to find a happy medium for residents and business owners to co-exist, but making regulations based on the complaints of a few make the town seem harsh and unreasonable ”“ and not particularly “business-friendly.”

Town officials said they spoke with the main business owner identified by residents as receiving deliveries from these trucks, but the owner, in an interview with the Journal Tribune, said she had not been contacted and wasn’t aware of a problem until after a story appeared in the newspaper.

Chase Hill Road residents said Tia’s Topside restaurant on Western Avenue receives deliveries from Sysco trucks that park on their street, and Town Manager Barry Tibbetts said police have spoken with Sysco, and the police chief has visited Tia’s to tell its owners about the complaints.

But Tia’s owner, Lori Lilly, said she’d never spoken with police and hasn’t been approached by any neighborhood residents about parking issues. She added that if anyone had a problem with the deliveries to her business, she wished they would let her know about it.

It sounds as if Lilly is willing to work with her suppliers to keep trucks in a safe space, but if that is not the case every time, as she does not have total control of where trucks park, selectmen should be wary of enforcing steep fines and towing vehicles.

Residents who purchase homes in mixed-use areas need to take some responsibility for that choice.

If you don’t like loud music late into the night, don’t buy a home next to a night club or entertainment venue. If you can’t stand delivery trucks, noise or lots of foot and vehicle traffic, don’t buy a home next to a restaurant.

In this economic climate, people may need to be a little more pliable when it comes to their business neighbors, especially if they want their tax bills to stay flat.