Duncan: Noise nuisance bylaws can regulate when you can mow your lawn

Ah, the sweet sounds of summer. Birds are chirping and singing and tunes emanate via open windows adding to a warm weather symphony that drifts on the breeze. Happy families enjoying outdoor activities provide pleasant and gleeful notes with only occasional discord occurring in the ‘hood.
Meanwhile, a din of another sort is heard regularly as motorized gas-powered engines sing songs of toil and yard maintenance. I speak of a cacophony of whining and revving two and four cycle small engines