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Committee backs phased restriction on gas‑powered leaf blowers, proposes separate council memo and public outreach
Summary
Committee members recommended that the city pursue a phased restriction on the use (not sale) of gas‑powered leaf blowers, aligning with Portland and Lake Oswego examples, and asked staff to prepare a council memo and an informational handout.
The Climate‑Friendly Landscape Committee recommended that the city consider a phased restriction on the use of gas‑powered leaf blowers rather than an immediate sales ban.
Committee members reviewed local examples and said Portland and Lake Oswego had pursued phased approaches focused on restricting use and that a sales ban near jurisdictions that do not ban sales would be less effective.
"Let's be together with this," said John (committee member),…
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