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Resident urges Ventnor to ban gas‑powered backpack blowers; city attorney to draft ordinance
Summary
A Ventnor Green Team representative urged the commission to ban gas-powered backpack leaf blowers because of noise and air pollution; commissioners signaled support for education and instructed the city attorney to begin drafting an ordinance for future consideration.
During public comment Diane Birkbeck, speaking for the Ventnor Green Team, asked the commission to begin a process to ban gas‑powered backpack blowers and replace them with electric/battery alternatives. Birkbeck said the blowers produce 80–90 decibels, exceed local noise limits, disperse particulate pollution and adversely affect neighbors,…
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