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Noise Advisory Committee 2 Dan provided the table below which is a draft of the key elements of the proposed enhancements to the town's noise bylaws. It was used as a starting point for discussion. Noise limit,gas Date restriction, Hours allowed,gas blowers Identification gas blowers blowers (dbA) of compliance Additional Additional both Allowed only M-F 8-8, contractor 10/1-12/20 and Sa 9-5,Su and holidays 67 manufacturer's 1 per 6000 and resident 3/20-5/31 residents only certification ft.A2 responsible after first warning Source Lincoln Cambridge,Newton Brookline Several Arlington New Bylaw Proposal offered at the start of the July 10, 2019 Meeting Each of the six criteria(dates of gas power restrictions, hours, noise limits, compliance methodology, multi-unit restrictions, and responsible party)were debated resulting in the following conclusions: 1. Gas powered leaf blowers would be limited to the dates March 20 to April 30, and October 1 through December 20. 2. The hours for gas powered lawn care equipment would be restricted to: Monday—Friday, Sam — 5pm Saturday, 9am — 5pm Sunday and legal holidays, residents 9am — 5pm (Note, we did not discuss the hours for electric lawn care equipment). 3. Noise limits shall be 75 dbA at 50 feet when the bylaw is adopted and 65 dbA starting two years after adoption. 4. Compliance—via manufacture's ANSI certification 5. Multi-unit leaf blower use, up to 2 units per quarter acre of property. 6. Responsibility—warning and fines go to the operator with a notification letter sent to the property owner. A revised copy of the table above will be distributed to the committee via email and posted on the committee's website when it is available. In addition to this draft several related issues were discussed including: • The excessive noise levels of powerful wheeled walk behind leaf blowers. • If noise level limits were placed too low it would exclude all gas powered units making adoption of the bylaw more difficult. • It was generally felt that it best to have as much spelled out with this proposal and not to plan on making changes later although that may be necessary. • Mark S. offered that a hardship clause be included although the criteria for hardship exclusion should be clearly documented. • Mark S. also suggested that fine rules be modeled after those that are used with burning permits: