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Earlier this week the Courier-Post raised a question regarding a possible violation of the city’s noise ordinance by a street sweeper when it was heard operating well before 7 a.m. in a residential neighborhood.
Kevin Knickerbocker, first ward councilman who helped draft the revised ordinance that was approved last year, says it was not.
Knickerbocker cited a section of the noise ordinance which states that a vehicle will not be considered in violation if it is being operated “for a period longer than required for normal or reasonable traffic control.”
“Since the street sweeper is a slow moving vehicle, proceeding in its normal course of duties, it would not have been in any place longer than a period that was required for normal or reasonable traffic control so it would therefore not have been in violation of the city ordinance,” he said.
Mark Rees, director of public works for the city, told the Courier-Post that while the city received no complaints following Wednesday morning’s cleaning along Chestnut, he did indicate he would seek to modify the sweeper’s work schedule in the future so that it will not be as likely to be heard running in residential neighborhoods that early.
Earlier this week the Courier-Post raised a question regarding a possible violation of the city’s noise ordinance by a street sweeper when it was heard operating well before 7 a.m. in a residential neighborhood.
Kevin Knickerbocker, first ward councilman who helped draft the revised ordinance that was approved last year, says it was not.
Knickerbocker cited a section of the noise ordinance which states that a vehicle will not be considered in violation if it is being operated “for a period longer than required for normal or reasonable traffic control.”
“Since the street sweeper is a slow moving vehicle, proceeding in its normal course of duties, it would not have been in any place longer than a period that was required for normal or reasonable traffic control so it would therefore not have been in violation of the city ordinance,” he said.
Mark Rees, director of public works for the city, told the Courier-Post that while the city received no complaints following Wednesday morning’s cleaning along Chestnut, he did indicate he would seek to modify the sweeper’s work schedule in the future so that it will not be as likely to be heard running in residential neighborhoods that early.
