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Decatur resident urges DeKalb commissioners to adopt ‘Sound Amendment and Rebate’ to curb gas-powered lawn equipment
Summary
At the May 29 DeKalb County Board of Commissioners meeting, residents urged the board to adopt a Sound Amendment and Rebate Program to limit noise and pollution from gas-powered landscaping equipment and to offer rebates for quieter electric tools.
At the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners meeting on May 29, Decatur resident Vicki Mann urged commissioners to adopt a “Sound Amendment and Rebate Program” to curb noise and pollution from gas-powered landscape equipment.
Mann told the board that “Excessive noise from lawn equipment negatively impacts our quality of life and our health.” She described repeated, long-duration landscaping noise in her neighborhood — sometimes two to three commercial machines running for hours — and said it interferes with work, rest and daily life. "This noise pollution can lead to, 1, a significant loss…
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