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New Canaan committee advances gas-blower limits, rejects reinstating strict electric-hour limits
Summary
After extensive public comment, the Town Council bylaws committee approved a summer-season definition and sent a draft ordinance restricting gas-powered leaf blowers to the full council; the committee voted down a motion to restore stricter time limits on electric blowers, 4–1.
The Town Council Bylaws & Ordinances Committee on Tuesday moved a draft ordinance restricting gas-powered leaf blowers to the full Town Council for a public hearing after hearing more than a dozen residents urge action on noise and pollution.
Chair Hillary Ormond said the draft now focuses on gas-powered devices and preserves the town’s existing noise ordinance; she told residents the committee will publish a redlined draft and schedule a full-council public hearing and vote.
Residents who spoke during the public-comment period described regular disruption from landscaper crews and urged townwide coverage. “I’d love for that to stop,” resident John Seal said, urging the committee not to carve out large properties. Several…
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