Pound Ridge CALM has gained some ground in our mission to make the town more quiet, peaceful, and healthy so that all residents might better enjoy their property and homes, and the outdoors in general.
The Town Board heard our concerns and made changes to the regulation on gas-powered leaf blower use which now prohibits the use of gas-powered leaf blowers by commercial users from May 15 through October 15.
Here is the link to the Town Code section with the new regulation.
The Latest News
12.13.22 Town Code amended to prohibit commercial use of gas-powered leaf blowers from May 15 through October 15. Read the new regulation here.
11.10.22 Public hearing (7 p.m.) at the Pound Ridge Town House on a proposal to allow commercial landscapers to use gas-powered leaf blowers for approximately 30 weeks each year, from October 15 to May 15. And to allow individual residents to use gas-powered leaf blowers 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
4.27.22 Letter to the Editor of the Record Review regarding misinformation spread by people opposed to protecting residents from the noise and pollution caused by leaf blowers.
3.5.22 Record Review article, Draft leaf blower measure put forward to town
3.1.22 Town Board met to discuss phasing out the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. Watch the meeting here.
2.22.22 Letter from the Conservation Board in support of leaf blower restrictions
2.8.22 PR CALM presentation at Town Board work session.
11.26.21 Group seeks curbs on gas blowers. The Record Review.
11.19.21: PR CALM published an op ed in the Record Review
11.9.21: PR CALM asked the Town Board to be put on the agenda to discuss the issue at a Town Board work session.