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Takoma Park council advances noise ordinance after detailed debate over leaf blowers and enforcement
Summary
Council held a first reading of proposed changes to Chapter 14.12 (noise), debated witness/attestation rules and enforcement roles, and approved the first reading with clarifications requested from the city attorney ahead of second reading.
The Takoma Park City Council held the first reading Feb. 18 of a revised noise ordinance (Takoma Park Code Chapter 14.12) that clarifies enforcement procedures and evidence requirements. Director Deb McNally summarized edits that remove a strict photographic‑evidence requirement and retain the possibility of issuing citations based on two witnesses or other methods such as a code enforcement…
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