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Select Board signals support for island‑wide noise bylaw amendments after months of civic outreach
Summary
The Select Board agreed Aug. 20 to support in principle a town‑sponsored noise‑bylaw amendment that would standardize hours island‑wide and simplify enforcement, following months of outreach by civic associations and public testimony.
The Nantucket Select Board agreed Aug. 20 to move forward, in principle, with a town‑sponsored warrant article that would simplify and standardize the noise bylaw across the island and make it easier to enforce.
The proposal — drafted by the Sconset Civic Association and reviewed by the Nantucket Civic League — aims to eliminate a patchwork of differing start and stop times across historic and nonhistoric districts, separate heavy construction equipment from lighter tools and landscaping equipment in the rules, and adopt uniform hours island‑wide.
Tom Laughlin, vice president of the Sconset Civic Association,…
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