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Message: [QUOTE="Okiewan, post: 1062255, member: 16119"] [url]http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060524/METRO04/605240396/1003/rss[/url] Howell Twp. aims to muzzle dirt bikes Neighbor complaints prompt trustees to seek court order to halt riding at Fisher Road track. Kevin Shopshire / Special to The Detroit News HOWELL TOWNSHIP --Township resident Pat Norwood will no longer be allowed to ride motocross motorcycles on his 6 acres on Fisher Road in the northeast corner of the township after the Township Board found him in violation of three township ordinances. The board unanimously voted to ask the township attorney to seek an immediate injunction to stop operation of the dirt track. During a show-cause hearing Monday, the board ruled motorcycle racing is not a permitted use in a residential area and operation of a track is a public nuisance. Neighbors began complaining to the township in spring 1995 about the noise, dust and traffic from dirt bikes racing on the property. During winter neighbors complained about snowmobile racing. Norwood says he only built the track when he bought the property in 2003 for his two sons, then 4 and 6, to ride dirt bikes in a rural setting, and he allows a few friends to also ride with them. "We ride only on our own property," he said. "I have two other kids and their dads who also come out to ride." Mike Morrone, who also rides on the property, said the noise from his neighbor's lawn tractor is louder than the motorcycles. "These motorcycles are about as loud as a horse walking by," he said. "You're telling me if I have a silent motorcycle I can't ride it." Neighbors disagree, and they have supplied the township with videos of the activity and have retained an attorney. "It's not just the noise; it's an eyesore and a nuisance," said Fisher Road resident Roman Michalowski. "I like to see the animals, and they have driven the critters away." Kevin Shopshire is a Metro Detroit freelance writer. [/QUOTE]

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