locoboilerguy
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Gentlemen,
The town of Silverton, Colorado started to allow OHV in certain parts of the city limits in 2014. This is coming up for a vote on April 25th that will once again close the town to access by OHV. The petition that triggered the general vote was the opinion that OHV had ruined the town, caused excessive noise, people going off the designated route, taking up all available parking and in short ruining the town. I realize many of you have never been there but its a important point. Living there part time I must admit that during the summer the constant noise from aftermarket mufflers and some riders in general just wanting everyone to know their machine is bad ass can be daunting. At times it hard to carry on a conversation just standing on main street.
The people behind this are not the business owners but individuals who live in the town and generally derive no living from the local economy. I suggest anyone interested email the local chamber of commerce, write a editorial letter to the Silverton Standard and the Miner (their newspaper) or just generally alert people in the OHV community because of some bad apples and irresponsible people have quite possibly closed one of the nicest towns in a area of massive OHV exposure during the summer months.
I live north of town up CR 2 and am about 100 feet east off that road. My building is 2 foot thick red brick and I can hear the constant din of OHV everyday all summer on the road. Most are very quiet and respectful but a number of them honestly just want to be noticed. Full throttle around occupied buildings and residences is generally not appreciated.
They don't have the budget or the manpower to police all the noise, off route violations and parking problems during the summer. When they do the individual who got the citation writes the local paper complaining about how rude and hateful the local people are. One must ask themselves as owners of OHV would we want a constant stream of them by our homes with the operators running at full power and making as much noise and dust as possible as well as taking up every parking space in sight.
So I see both sides to this and its why I don't live in town. I lived in Silverton years ago when mining was its main source of revenue and am moving back for my retirement. For the towns folk people who have acted disrespectful with their OHV are at the root of their whole desire to change the ordinance to keep them out of the city limits. Its a major inconvenience for those coming from other areas as they cannot even venture into town to get lunch if this passes.
Thanks for your time.
Locoboilerguy (aka John)
The town of Silverton, Colorado started to allow OHV in certain parts of the city limits in 2014. This is coming up for a vote on April 25th that will once again close the town to access by OHV. The petition that triggered the general vote was the opinion that OHV had ruined the town, caused excessive noise, people going off the designated route, taking up all available parking and in short ruining the town. I realize many of you have never been there but its a important point. Living there part time I must admit that during the summer the constant noise from aftermarket mufflers and some riders in general just wanting everyone to know their machine is bad ass can be daunting. At times it hard to carry on a conversation just standing on main street.
The people behind this are not the business owners but individuals who live in the town and generally derive no living from the local economy. I suggest anyone interested email the local chamber of commerce, write a editorial letter to the Silverton Standard and the Miner (their newspaper) or just generally alert people in the OHV community because of some bad apples and irresponsible people have quite possibly closed one of the nicest towns in a area of massive OHV exposure during the summer months.
I live north of town up CR 2 and am about 100 feet east off that road. My building is 2 foot thick red brick and I can hear the constant din of OHV everyday all summer on the road. Most are very quiet and respectful but a number of them honestly just want to be noticed. Full throttle around occupied buildings and residences is generally not appreciated.
They don't have the budget or the manpower to police all the noise, off route violations and parking problems during the summer. When they do the individual who got the citation writes the local paper complaining about how rude and hateful the local people are. One must ask themselves as owners of OHV would we want a constant stream of them by our homes with the operators running at full power and making as much noise and dust as possible as well as taking up every parking space in sight.
So I see both sides to this and its why I don't live in town. I lived in Silverton years ago when mining was its main source of revenue and am moving back for my retirement. For the towns folk people who have acted disrespectful with their OHV are at the root of their whole desire to change the ordinance to keep them out of the city limits. Its a major inconvenience for those coming from other areas as they cannot even venture into town to get lunch if this passes.
Thanks for your time.
Locoboilerguy (aka John)
