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Decatur adopts updated noise ordinance, moves lawn‑equipment cutoff to 9 p.m.
Summary
After public comment and staff presentations, the City Commission adopted amendments to Decatur’s noise ordinance that add landscape equipment and generators to enumerated sources, set a universal daytime limit of 65 dB and a nighttime limit of 60 dB, and adjusted permitted hours for lawn/landscape equipment to 7 a.m.–9 p.m. weekdays (with pilot/education through July 1, 2025).
The City Commission voted to adopt a revised noise ordinance that changes how the city regulates landscape and generator noise and adjusts allowed hours for lawn equipment.
Langston Leake, operations analyst, walked commissioners through the proposed amendments, saying they reflect two years of staff work, public outreach and a Georgia State University report. Among the main changes, the draft: adds landscape maintenance equipment and generators as enumerated…
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