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Noise ordinance and electric landscape-rebate items deferred for further review
Summary
Two agenda items — an update to the county noise ordinance and a resolution to create a rebate program for electric landscape maintenance devices — were deferred to the Feb. 10 Board of Commissioners meeting with a stop-back in PECS to allow legal and operational questions to be addressed and for staff to circulate responses to commissioners.
The committee considered two related items: an ordinance to amend chapter 16 of the county code pertaining to regulation of sound (agenda item 2025-0015) and a resolution to establish an electric landscape maintenance device rebate program to encourage switching from gas-powered devices (agenda item 2025-0017).
Sponsor remarks noted the noise ordinance draft is extensive and had benefitted from multi-year review by county attorneys and staff. Commissioners asked for additional time to review a set of detailed questions raised by District 4 and to receive consolidated written answers. Senior staff and the law department said they had reviewed other jurisdictions and prepared detailed legislative language; the sponsor asked colleagues to work over the holidays and into January so the committee could be prepared to finalize the language. The committee voted to defer both items to the Feb. 10 Board of Commissioners meeting with a stop-back in PECS so operational and legal responses could be circulated and discussed.
Commissioners signaled they hoped the item could be finalized sooner if colleagues digest materials and staff respond quickly, but given the draft’s complexity the Feb. 10 date was chosen as a practical target.
