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Narberth council weighs leaf‑blower ban and leans to mirror Lower Merion
Summary
After years of EAC review and resident complaints, Narberth council discussed mirroring Lower Merion’s phased ban on gas leaf blowers—council signaled support for aligning timelines while asking staff for enforcement, contractor-support and noise/health data before ordinance drafting.
Narberth Borough Council spent the Nov. 6 work session on a detailed discussion of a proposed ordinance to phase out gasoline-powered leaf blowers, focusing on whether to mirror a draft ordinance from neighboring Lower Merion.
EAC Chair Joe said the advisory committee has studied the issue for years and recommended phasing out gas blowers as quickly as feasible. "So the EAC has been looking at this now for about a couple of years," Joe said, summarizing the committee’s work on health and environmental impacts and on municipal experience with electric…
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