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Committee backs allowing no–"Jake brake" zones to be set by resolution and forwards change to council
Summary
The committee unanimously recommended deleting the ordinance-only designation requirement for unmuffled compression brakes and allowing the parish council to designate or remove no-Jake-brake zones by resolution; staff noted state sign permits would still be required for regulatory signage.
The Livingston Parish ordinance review committee voted unanimously to recommend that the full council change section 22-22(h) so areas where unmuffled compression brakes (commonly called "Jake brakes") are prohibited may be designated or removed by parish resolution rather than by ordinance.
Miss Raven read the section the committee reviewed, which currently makes it "unlawful to use unmuffled compression brakes in any…
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