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Residents urge council to back proposed engine-noise ordinance as city lawyers, police weigh enforceability
Summary
Public commenters pressed Austin City Council to support a proposal treating extreme engine noise as a traffic-safety and enforceable nuisance; city attorneys and APD described legal limits, an 85‑decibel presumption after warning, and enforcement challenges the ordinance seeks to address.
Several neighborhood residents urged the Austin City Council on Feb. 24 to approve an ordinance aimed at curbing extreme engine revving and chronic vehicle racing along Ranch to Market Road 2222 and similar corridors.
Marissa Lipsher, president of the Shepherd Mountain Neighborhood Association, told the council the issue has grown worse over five years and that the current sound code ‘‘has no teeth’’ for engine acceleration and revving; she urged support for item A38 because it reframes extreme engine noise as a traffic-safety problem and would add ‘‘reasonable limits and enforceable tools.’’ Lisa Capps, a Northwest Hills resident, said a petition she started collected more than 1,000 signatures documenting repeated nighttime and early‑morning revving that disturbs sleep and safety. Justin Bragle, vice…
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