More local governments are tightening their noise laws to appease residents fed up with the din produced by lawn mowers, leaf blowers and weed wackers. But some who monitor the regulations say that Chevy Chase Village’s revamped code imposes restrictions on homeowners typically reserved for the most iron-fisted of neighborhood associations.

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