You Can Blow, Temporarily

Just in from Rye City:

The City Manager’s Office has declared the storm which occurred on July 26, 2012 to be a significant storm event under Section 133-7 B of the Code of the City of Rye and, therefore, has lifted the ban on the use leaf blowers in the City of Rye effective Friday, July 27, 2012 through and including Tuesday, July 31, 2012 with the following provisions:

• Leaf blowers can not be used on Sunday, July 29, 2012.
• Leaf blowers shall not be operated between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on weekdays and between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 28, 2012.
• The Leaf blower ban will resume on Wednesday, August 1, 2012.