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ORDINANCE No. 1685
ORDINANCE OF TAE CITY OF BURLINGAME
AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10.40.038 TO ALLOW USE OF
LEAFBLOWERS IN CITY FACILITIES FROM 8 A.M. TO 9 A.M., MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY, AND 8 A.M. TO 12 NOON ON SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS
The CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF BURLINGAME does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. In order to meet the needs of the community in using the City's park
facilities, City crews must clean parks and other City facilities before citizens arrive. Leafblowers
are an important part of maintaining the parks and other public facilities while efficiently using the
personnel available to the City. Therefore, allowing authorized City employees to use leafblowers
at a shortly earlier time than elsewhere in the residential area is an important element of keeping
the parks and facilities usable.
Section 2. Anew subsection 10.40.038(d) is added as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding other provisions in this section and in addifion to the hours of
operation permitt
ed in this chapter, authorized City employees may operate leafblowers within city
parks and city facilities between the hours of 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and 8
a.m. and 12 noon on Sundays and holidays, so long as the leafblowers comply with the noise levels
established by subsections (a) and (c) above.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as required by law.
Mayor
I, ANN T. MUSSO, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 6th day
of May, 2002, an
d adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd day
of June, 2002, by the following vote:
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AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BAYLOCK, COFFEY, GALLIGAN, JANNEY, O'MAHONY
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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