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Council hears staff recommendation for staff-adjudicated noise complaints; leaf-blower photo provision flagged for equity review
Summary
Staff recommended replacing the dissolved noise board with a staff-adjudicated nuisance-noise process handled by code enforcement and referred mediation to the county; council asked staff and the city attorney to research removing a provision that allows photographs of leaf-blower operators to avoid potential targeting of immigrant workers.
City staff proposed two approaches to replace the dissolved Noise Control Board and manage nuisance-noise complaints: remove subjective nuisance adjudications and rely solely on objective decibel thresholds, or institute a staff-adjudicated nuisance-noise process within the code-enforcement division. Staff recommended the latter, describing an online intake form, staff review, an administrative determination, and referral to the Montgomery County Conflict…
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