Cedar Rapids forms ad hoc noise ordinance review committee
Letters go to 28 volunteers and Police Captain Louis Stepanek of the traffic division who will chair the group. The committee will study motor vehicle and motorboat noise rules, review other cities, and propose changes to strengthen enforceability and expand coverage. First meeting set for April 29 at 7 p.m. in City Council chambers. The current Cedar Rapids noise ordinance was struck down in December 1976 for vagueness.
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Floyd Bergen
Bergen
Louis Stepanek
Stepanek
Anthony Scolaro
U.S.A
Stan Reinis
Gene Hertel
Iowa State Forester
National Arbor Day Foundation
Hertel
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Iowa City
Reinis
Seminole Valley Park
Cedar Rapids approves eight-plex site plan despite protests
Cedar Rapids City Council voted 3-1 to approve Boxa Construction Co five plan for an eight-plex on Lorcardo Drive NE zoning R-5 residents argued it would disrupt large-lot homes valued at 80k to 100k. Attorney Jim Bradley said eight-plex fronts 66 feet and preserves more trees while neighbors urged limits.
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Cedar Rapids
Boxa Construction Co
Boxa
Shannon Murchison
David Court
Lorcardo
Murchison
Jim Bradley
Bradley
Don Canney
Canney
Cedar Rapids Police Auction Abandoned Vehicles at Miller's Lot
Cedar Rapids police set an auction of about 135 abandoned cars trucks and motorcycles for Saturday at Miller's Auto storage lot on 32nd Street Drive SE. Gates open at 11 am with inspection, sale starts 1 pm. Vehicles sell on red titles. most must be towed away. Police seized them from arrests accidents and storage violations.
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Cedar Rapids
Miller’s
32Nd Street Drive
Remarkable harps and the Statue of Liberty history
The text notes that early bow shaped harps with four strings weighed under a pound while modern 46 string concert harps can weigh about 80 pounds. It mentions the Statue of Liberty arriving from France in 1884 dismantled in New York with sections packed in 214 crates aboard a steamship.
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Statue of Liberty
France
New York
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