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Wheat Ridge moves to tighten muffler rules; council backs municipal prohibition on modified exhausts and mandatory court appearance
Summary
Wheat Ridge councilors directed staff to draft a municipal ordinance prohibiting modified or altered mufflers and to require mandatory municipal-court appearance for violations, with judge-authorized repair orders and escalating fines as enforcement options.
Wheat Ridge councilors asked staff to draft a municipal ordinance to address excessive vehicle noise from modified or altered exhaust systems and reached consensus on enforcement elements after hearing staff and police presentations about operational limits and technology.
City police staff described an increase in complaints about loud vehicle exhaust and noted enforcement challenges. Division Chief Kellogg told council that current law — enforcement under the model traffic code and municipal code provisions — can be difficult to apply because officers often cannot reliably identify or measure a single vehicle’s sound level in traffic and some aftermarket systems are visually similar to factory parts.
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