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Committee calls for ordinance to ban compression-release engine brakes inside city limits
Summary
Council committees voted to call legislation to prohibit the use of compression-release (engine) brakes within city limits and to establish penalties; the proposal was referred from the Public Welfare and Safety committee and advanced by Streets committee.
Councilor Emily Beck presented a letter requesting legislation to prohibit compression-release type engine brakes within Barberton city limits and to establish penalties; the proposal had been referred from the Public Welfare and Safety committee.
Beck told the Streets, Sidewalk and Lighting Committee that committee members had discussed the item in prior meetings and asked whether there were any new comments; no new substantive changes were recorded in the April 21 discussion. The committee voted to call the legislation and the vote passed in committee; the request included emergency wording.
The transcript records no ordinance text, penalty schedule, or enforcement mechanism in the public committee discussion. The proposal will be drafted by the law department and returned to council for formal consideration.
