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355 railroads but there is additional noise associated with these types of busi- ness. As a contractor he has tried to minimize noise. He stated the Echo PB4500 blower is designed for cities for its quietness and it creates no more noise than ordinary traffic. He advised he has an obligation to keep the shopping center clean and for Council to limit the hours from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. would create a hardship since the Safeway Store is open 24 hours a day. He stated he tried to contact Mr. Berkheiser to explain his operation. He advised he conducted a survey on Cortez Court, going door to door himself; three residents were not at home, one was a City worker who declined to com- ment, one was a neighbor of Mr. Berkheiser who did not want to comment, the remainder stated they were not bothered with the blower noise. Mr. Zerodny stated he could live with the requirement of using the Echo PB4500 blower. Mr. Bill Hirst, 478 Ewing, asked how staff took the noise measurements at the shopping center. Mr. MacDonald advised the measurements were most always taken 75 feet at the back, not the front of the shopping center. Mr. John Innes, 1586 Foothill Road, stated he felt it discriminatory and unfair to require the use of an Echo PB4500 blower, there are other manufac- tures who make blowers that are just as quiet. Mr. MacDonald advised that the blower can be by any manufacturer as long as it meets the performance standards. Mr. Thurman Caudill, Augustine Street, stated his neighbor uses a blower and blows the leaves onto other yards; he asked that the ordinance include a clause to prohibit this action. Council discussion ensued regarding broadening the categories and enforce- ment of the ordinance. Chief Eastman stated that the broader categories would be enforceable but he felt it would be better to have a more inclusive ordinance. Mayor Mercer stated he did not feel people should have to put up with ex- cessive noise during the night, even if the shopping center cleaners had to do their job by hand. It was moved by Mayor Mercer, and seconded by Councilmember Brandes, that Ordinance No. 1356, to be read by title only and waiving further reading thereof, amending the noise ordinance to regulating leaf blowers as follows: "The operation of any noise-creating blower, power fan or internal combustion engine (including leaf blowers), the operation of which causes noise due to the explosion of operating gases or fluids is prohibited, unless the noise from such blower or fan is muffled and such engine is equipped with a muffler device to deaden such noise in such a manner so as not to be plainly audible at a distance of either seventy-five feet from the source of the noise, or between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.", be reintroduced. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Brandes, Butler, Mohr, Wilson, and Mayor Mercer NOES: None ABSENT: None item 12b Review of Target Allocations for Growth Management Proqram for 1989 Mr. Swift presented his report (SR 88:231) dated May 17, 1988, regarding this matter. - lO 5-17-88