Rant – leaf blowers at Westwood at 5:AM??

[TD]

Isn’t there a noise ordinance prohibiting the use of leaf blowers before 7:AM? While those of us who live near Westwood shopping center are used to buses and traffic noise (and the enormous-but-brief CLANG of commercial dumpsters being emptied once a week), an hour and a half of the constant drone of leaf blowers at five in the morning is a bit much.

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[JanS]

Oh, I feel your pain…I live across the street from Admiral Safeway, and they clean their parking lot at all hours..not only a leaf blower, but a truck with brushes on it like the street cleaners.

I once had a neighbor who would actually get out of bed at night and go over and tell the manager to stop, that it had to be done before 10pm…hehehe…and they’d stop. I don’t think it ever occurs to these people that residents may be impacted by the noise.

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[rockergirl]

You can search the City of Seattle Legislative Information Service – Seattle Municipal Code website – takes some digging but you might find an ordinance and let Westwood know. If you get a non favorable response from them file a complaint – I have found it helpful in the past with construction noise, etc.

http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/code1.htm

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[Mike D.]

These are the people at the city to talk to – Department of Planning and Development Noise Abatement:

http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Enforcement/Noise_Abatement/Filing_a_Noise_Complaint/default.asp

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