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If your city is like my city, every time a commercial grade gas powered leaf blower is used, it is a violation of city noise ordinance.

Residential districts limit noise to 62 decibels. Commercial gas powered leaf blowers begin at 95 decibels with some reaching 115 decibels. They literally blow on by city noise ordinance.

That so many properties have landscape services makes for an environment where most days from 7am to beyond 8pm, you can not be outside for long before encountering the noise and air pollution of commercial gas powered blowers. And, if you are like me, there is something to the noise of the things that presents as a physical disruption to your well being. I'm literally compelled to seek out the source then attack it, as a defense of own health.

How are they even necessary on small to medium lots? They are vastly over-powered for the task of sweeping a minor bit of clippings from a walk or driveway. Don't even need so much power for moving actual leaves on small or medium lots. Electric powered blowers are PLENTY capable of the task of sweeping clippings and have been for some time now. Why aren't these crews switching? Why aren't homeowners encouraging or even demanding the switch?

I've called my city. I've put it to them to enforce existing ordinance. That they don't is based on the reasoning of, landscape guys get in and out before police would arrive to take a decibel reading. Well okay, so set up where they know crews are going to be and begin policing, right?

I've asked about outright banning commercial gas powered blowers in city limits. They again spoke to unenforceability as well as, if it's legal in Austin, it would be fought by Austin.

Which puts me to, well okay, if Austin won't let the city ban the things, let's at least restrict their use in and around residential areas because, considering the non-stop growth and development in the region, commercial gas powered blowers will only continue to become a greater problem and a further intrusive disruption to our quality of life.

I'm thinking it's time area residents begin making our own noise.

If you've made it this far, thanks for coming to my Ted talk.

A 19 minute watch.

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