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Yeah, so do we....sign the petition
Banning all personal vehicles on private property in Gainesville, FL
While reading, keep in mind, Gatorback is within earshot of residential homes
https://www.change.org/p/alachua-county-commissioners-remove-alachua-co…
Banning all personal vehicles on private property in Gainesville, FL
While reading, keep in mind, Gatorback is within earshot of residential homes
https://www.change.org/p/alachua-county-commissioners-remove-alachua-co…
Is there a way to get AMA involved in this? In their magazine they constantly promote activism and all of the political lobbying that they do.
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Call them utility vehicles, call them transportation, call them fitness equipment.
Otherwise, I'd say things like riding mowers should be included since they are fun to ride around in compared to push mowers.
If they try to enforce that, they are asking for a whole heap of shit going forward. Pretty much anything could be classified under that definition. A bicycle with a squeaky wheel would be in violation. Any car capable of driving on grass would be in violation. Argue those aren't "off-road" vehicles? Fine, I see a large market for modding sedans cropping up in Alachua County.
Sec. 110.05. - Exceptions.
The following uses and activities shall be exempt from noise level regulations as herein described:
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(i)Noises from motor vehicles as regulated by F.S. §§ 316.272 and 316.293. quote]
316.272 Exhaust systems, prevention of noise.—
(1) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with an exhaust system in good working order and in constant operation, including muffler, manifold pipe, and tailpiping to prevent excessive or unusual noise. In no event shall an exhaust system allow noise at a level which exceeds a maximum decibel level to be established by regulation of the Department of Environmental Protection as provided in s. 403.061(11) in cooperation with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. No person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass or similar device upon a vehicle on a highway.
Off highway vehicles are subject to those statues on public land according to Florida's Uniform Traffic Citation Manual, thereby off-highway motor vehicles are subject to F.S. §§ 316.272 and thereby exempt from noise ordinances as long as they have properly functioning mufflers.
Much ado about nothing
Remember "Beto"? Yeah, we don't either.
The house that I grew up in was on a cliff overlooking Mission Bay. I could ride my motorcycle in the Canyons behind my house or ride down the hill, get to the railroad tracks, head north or south to open land. I had tracks I built.
People moved in and the land got developed. When you get development you get zoning regulations. Everything changed. The local ranch and farm land became so valuable that it all was sold for housing tracts and buiness parks. They built Interstates 5, 8, 805 and 405. We were boxed in, regulated and outlawed.
When you get influxes of population bringing money you get development, escalating property values and zoning. When you have huge increases in population you get more laws.
People move for jobs, retirement or better climates. People from all over the world come to California everyday.
Population migration is the history of the human race. Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas are no different than California, just getting it a little later. Nobody in the history of the human race has been able to stop it. Better get politically active in your local government and zoning regulations.
But I sent a letter to my County Exec and they told me to kick rocks, as well as many others who wrote in.
People want to label someone else to feel superior.
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