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Greenwich residents complained 300+ times about leaf blower ban violations this summer, data shows

GREENWICH — Residents were burning up the Greenwich police phone lines in May, calling about alleged violations of the town's new leaf blower restrictions, but the fervor died down through the rest of the summer, call logs show.

Officials banned the summertime use of gas-powered leaf blowers in January and the restrictions took effect for the first time on May 25. The police are in charge of enforcing the town's noise laws.

During the first 30 days of the ban, GPD received 162 calls about blower usage. The rest of the summer, from June 25 to Sept. 2, saw 149 calls, according to call log data provided by the Greenwich Police Department.

Police received an average of roughly five blower calls a day during the first month of the ban, but the average dropped to about two calls a day through the rest of the summer.

No neighborhood was spared from blower noise, based on the call logs: Homes in Cos Cob, businesses in Central Greenwich, estates in the Backcountry, and more were reported for blower noise.

Most of the summer calls were "unfounded," according to police Lt. Patrick Smyth, meaning the responding officer did not find a violation. This was also the case in the first 30 days.

The rules state, in part, that gasoline-powered leaf blowers are prohibited in residential zones from 6 p.m. the Friday before Memorial Day through Sept. 30, except for properties of two acres or more, where the prohibition ends the day after Labor Day.

That means people on smaller properties are still not allowed to use gas blowers, but neighbors with more land could use them as of Monday.

The first year of the ban was pitched as an adjustment period with no fines levied.

Next year, people caught using gas-powered blowers will be warned first and then fined $100 if found violating the law a second time. Each subsequent offense will carry a $249 penalty, according to the noise ordinance.

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