Without a list of what is compliant, how are those charged with monitoring compliance going to perform their duty and who are they?

The Noise Advisory Committee may be addressing this concern with some proposed modifications to the motion. However, that 90 decibals A (dBA) figure is almost certainly at the ear of the operator. To reach the threshold that is in the article now (78 dBA at 50 feet), a machine needs to exceed roughly 101 dBA at the ear, which is nearly 4 times as loud as 90 dBA.

With one exception, even the large gas powered leaf blowers we evaluated do not exceed 101 dBA at the ear. However, this is causing concern and confusion, so I hope that we will be able to simplify the article so as to remove any concerns about this. Our intent is to control leaf blowers, not other equipment.

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1. Is the intent to ban all gas mowers with this Motion?
2. Without a list of what is compliant, how are those charged with monitoring compliance going to perform their duty and who are they?
3. Are homeowners who chooses to do their own yard work with one piece of equipment at a time somehow disproportionally restricted?
4. Should the motion address multiple pieces of equipment?
5. What outreach has been done to landscapers servicing Lexington residents and if their feedback on the impact / cost to their business has been recorded or quantified and could be shared?
6. Also, I am wondering if there is any information available on the number of residents that do not use a landscaping service and how many of them own gas-powered leaf blowers?