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| | deseretnews.com | Cities cracking down on noise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Communities are prohibiting the use of leaf blowers and other lawn equipment at certain times, restricting when construction crews can work and threatening to fine people who talk loudly on street corners. |
 | | Among noise offenders, booming car stereos have recently overtaken leaf blowers and other gadgets as the chief target for new restrictions, says Les Blomberg, executive director of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse, a nonprofit group based in Montpelier, Vt., that supports efforts to curb noise. |
 | | North Hempstead's revised ordinance, approved in October, switched from measuring decibels to a standard of "unreasonable noise," which considers everything from the time of day to location. |
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