[Summit] leaf blowers

[Colin Murphy]

There are apps for iPhone. 50db is very quiet. Normal conversation at 3 feet is 60-65 according to one source*. 70 is an air conditioner at 100 feet according to the second source**. 

* http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html <http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html>

** https://www.chem.purdue.edu/chemsafety/Training/PPETrain/dblevels.htm <https://www.chem.purdue.edu/chemsafety/Training/PPETrain/dblevels.htm>






> On Oct 17, 2014, at 12:11 PM, Schmeling, Thomas A. <TSchmeling at ric.edu> wrote:
> 
> From the Providence Ordinances:
> 
> 
> *
> Sec. 16-97. - Machinery, equipment, fans, and air conditioning.
> 
> It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any machinery, equipment, pump, fan and air conditioning apparatus, or similar mechanical device in any residential neighborhood so as to exceed fifty (50) dBA between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. or so as to exceed fifty-five (55) dBA between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m, or at any hour when the same is audible to a person of reasonably sensitive hearing at a distance of two hundred (200) feet from its source, provided,however, that it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any leaf-blowing equipment except between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekdays, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Saturdays, and between the hours of noon and 6:00 p.m. on Sundays.
> 
> (Ord. 1988, ch. 88-2, § 7, 1-26-88; Ord. 1999, ch. 99-18, § 1, 7-12-99; Ord. 2003, ch. 03-58, 10-23-03)
> 
> Anybody have a sound meter that they could use to check a leaf blower with?
> 
> best,
> Tom
> 
> 
> Thomas Schmeling
> Associate Professor and Chair
> Department of Political Science
> Rhode Island College
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 17, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Coryndon Luxmoore <coryndon at luxmoore.com<mailto:coryndon at luxmoore.com>> wrote:
> 
> Not that I am aware of the closest is there are diesel emission ordinances. -C
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Christopher Buecheler <cwbuecheler at gmail.com<mailto:cwbuecheler at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Honest question: has any attempt ever been made to introduce a ban on leaf blowers in Providence or in Summit? The case against them is massive and well-documented, and the case for them -- "raking is hard" -- is pretty pathetic.
> 
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