It doesn't have to be a Pete from what I've heard - my brother in law plumbs and he says they don't want a service truck of any kind on the street even if you're working in the house you are parked in front of.
Its bad. Nobody wants them trucks in there until it is there house. "then its ok". I have had people stop and tell me they were calling the cops on me. I just laugh and tell them ok. I had one cop stop and block traffic, so that I could unload down there. The rest have not been so great.