Greenwich police got 71 leaf blower calls in 1st week of ban

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... Since 6 p.m. on May 23, the use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers has been prohibited in residential zones and use will be unlawful through Sept. 30, according to the town's noise ordinance. On large properties, of 2 or more acres, gas blowers can be used again the day after Labor Day.

The leaf blower rules were adopted last year and the town had a trial run over last summer, when no fines were issued for repeat offenses. Starting this year, a first violation of the ordinance will result in a warning, a second will result in a $100 fine and subsequent violation will result in a $250 fine. ....

fwiw ...

en.wikipedia.org

... Greenwich is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 63,518.[2] It is the largest town on Connecticut's affluent Gold Coast. Greenwich is home to many hedge funds and financial services firms due to its residential setting and proximity to Manhattan.[3][4] ...

Wealth

Greenwich is home to three of the wealthiest zip codes in Connecticut, 06878, 06830 and 06831, with average adjusted gross incomes of $754,990, $638,560 and $721,550, and median household incomes of $182,386, $109,250 and $155,417, respectively.[32] In recent decades, the town has attracted wealthy expatriates from around the globe due to its extremely low tax rate,[33] desirable school system, and proximity to Manhattan, which is less than an hour by Metro North.[34]

The median listing price for a home in the town was $2.3 million in 2021.[35] The coastal neighborhood of Belle Haven, along with Backcountry, have some of the wealthiest single family real estate in the world.[citation needed]

In 2014, the highest asking price for a residential property in town was the Copper Beech Estate at $190 million. It later sold for $120 million.[36]

@#2 ...People who use leaf blowers ...

Please.

Be specific: Gas-powered leaf blowers. (though I do not want to put words into what you say, so if you disagree, just say so).

The one I use (powered by rechargeable battery) is quiet, and it does the job I need it to do.

@#5

I agree.

@#5

Though, I have to say, I do have a concern about that lithium battery spontaneously going aflame and destroying my garage.

Yeah, lithium seems to be awesome for the storage of energy (a.k.a., batteries).

But, when lithium gets angry, is it a force to be reckoned with.

And the result is not usually a pretty one.

@#7 ... That said, the idea of blowing leaves out of your yard so they end up in someone else's yard is kind of obnoxious. ...

I agree with that, but I do not think that may be what is occurring here.

In Greenwich, CT, my guess is that the lawn workers are blowing the leaves into a pile to be removed.

I mean, it's Greenwich.

("it's Greenwich", as the locals here seem to say when trying to explain snooty behavior ...)

@#11 ... What is the reason behind this particular ordinance? ...

The relative decibel levels between gas-powered and electric-powered leaf blowers.

Do try to keep up.

@#15 ... Being a logarithmic scale ...

Yup, decibels is (are?) a logarithmic scale.

And, as you state, an increase of 10 dB is actually a ten-fold increase in sound level.

Of course, then there is the difference between dB sound pressure level (what we have been discussing) and dB sound power level (which we have not even touched upon).

But, for now, I'll not go there.