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Resident asks Highlands council to lower municipal tractor backup alarm as noise ordinance is updated
Summary
James Green told the council Aug. 20 that a municipal tractor's backup alarm exceeds state-recommended decibel levels; council members said decibel limits were added to the borough's noise ordinance and staff will investigate.
James Green, a Highlands resident, told the borough mayor and council on Aug. 20 that the backup alarm on a municipal John Deere tractor exceeds state-recommended sound levels and is audible from more than 100 feet away.
"The vehicle that they have — tractor, it's a John Deere tractor — its backup alarm exceeds the state's recommended safety levels," Green said, adding he recorded the noise on…
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