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daily nebraskan
tuesday, October 9 , 1979
Noise control ordinance is delayed in City Council
By Debbie Hemminger
The Lincoln City Council Monday de
layed action on an ordinance that would
control excessive noise.
The ordinance would make motorcycles
illegal which were above the proposed
standards established by the Health De
partment. Harley Davidson model motorcycles be
fore 1975 with stock exhaust would have
difficulty complying with the proposed
law, said Harlan Waak, representing A
Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enact
ments of Nebraska, Inc.
Dr. Gary Walsh, representing the Health
Department, said the present ordinance
allows a good deal of noise because it can
not be reasonably enforced. Councilman
Michael Steinman questioned whether the
new ordinance could be enforced.
Walsh said if the new ordinance is
approved, upon receiving a complaint in
the Lincoln Police Department and the
Health Department, they will Investigate
the source of the noise with the aid of a
noise meter.
The present ordinance states that radio
and stereo noise is in violation if after 1 1
p.m. it is audible at SO feet. The enforce
ment of this is arbitrary, Walsh said. He
said with the aid of the noise meter, the
violation judgment will not be as arbitrary.
Waak said, "As of August 1978, there
were only 11 complaints on record with
the Health Department about motorcycle
noise for the previous three years." He
added eight of these were from non
licensed motorcycles driven by kids under
16 on empty lots. He said the problem is a
matter of enforcement and not one of a
new ordinance.
Councilman Steinman asked that an
amendment to the ordinance be created to
provide for a temporary period to test the
proper motorcycle noise level. Councilman
Leo Schere asked to see an amendment
that would fit the recommendations pro-
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Studded tire ban requested
By Debbie Hemminger
The Lincoln City Council Monday
approved, 6-1, a resolution requesting
the Nebraska Legislature to prohibit
the use of studded tires within Nebraska.
Dick Erixson, Director of Public Works
for Lincoln, said the basic reasons for this
request are safety and wear on the streets,
adding, studded tires are not safe on dry
streets.
Councilman Leo Scherer said this
resolution is only another example of too
much government control. He said, "Every -dav
I thank the Lord that we don't get as
rruch government as we pay for."
The first studded tires made in Nebraska
were made in 1954 by T.O. Haas, Chair
man of the Board of T.O. Haas Tire Co. He
said his company is selling studded tires
"by the hundreds." Haas told the council
his company is not for or against tire
studs. Haas explained his presence at the
public hearing as helping the Council "vote
a little bit more intelligently."
Haas said, "Even though we ban stud
ded tires we are still going to have the war
because of abrasive action." He .said the
grinding action created with a combination
of sand, salt and studs has a sandpaper
effect, adding, "This is the culprit you are
looking for."
Erixson said the State Department of
Roads is developing statistics to prove that
studded tires should be banned to be avail
able for the Legislature's debate. He said
they are looking for support in the deve
lopmental stages now.
Erixson said there are new tires which
are far superior than studded tires. Haas
said these tires are about $12 more and the
safety factor is not appreciatively different
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