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Raking through reams of documents and citing a case from the 17th century (about a neighbors pig sty), they are pushing for a seasonal limit on gas-powered leaf blowersand urging the use of electric ones instead..
Quiet Yards Greenwich is asking the town to ban gas-powered leaf blowers on residential properties from May 1 to Sept. 30..
Instead, the town gave gas-powered leaf blowers an exemption to the local noise ordinance, establishing the hours the tools could be used..
As part of their campaign, Quiet Yards Greenwich provided town officials with a 71-page white paper documenting the impacts of gas-powered leaf blowers and concerns about fumes and noise..
Karen DeWahl, a Quiet Yards Greenwich member who will often wear noise-canceling headphones while having lunch with her husband to escape the noise of blowers, said she hopes the groups proposal to cut down on the noise will be successful..
