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Clayton, GA

Coverage of the Rabun County seat. We commend the continuous work of the Rabun County Banner on this beat.

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The Clayton City Council chamber after Tuesday night’s vote. (Photo: Bavarian Brainrot / Margaret Holcomb)

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Clayton, Georgia’s Newly Adopted 73-Decibel Leaf-Blower Limit Is The Strictest In Northeast Georgia, And Six People Showed Up To Speak Against It

The Clayton City Council’s 4–1 vote Tuesday night reduced the city’s previously-effective leaf-blower decibel ceiling from 81 dB(A) to 73 dB(A), placing Clayton ahead of every other Northeast Georgia municipality on the leaf-blower-acoustic-suppression issue. The Rabun County Banner had the only other reporter in the room.

By Margaret Holcomb · April 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Randall Pruitt's service truck, photographed at a Lakemont job site Tuesday. The leaf blower in the truck bed is a Husqvarna 580BTS, rated at 98 decibels at the operator's ear. (Photo: Bavarian Brainrot / Margaret Holcomb)

Clayton's 73-Decibel Leaf-Blower Ordinance Gets Its First Court Challenge From A Lawn-Care Operator Who Represents Himself

Randall Pruitt, 51, of Lakemont, who has operated a residential and commercial lawn-care business in Rabun County since 2007, filed a pro se challenge to the City of Clayton's leaf-blower noise ordinance in Rabun County Magistrate Court on February 28, arguing that the ordinance's 73-decibel daytime limit unlawfully restricts his ability to operate commercial-grade equipment on his service routes. His 140-page filing references the 'implied decibel-reciprocity clause' of the Georgia Constitution.

By Margaret Holcomb · Mar 15, 2026 · 5 min

The 17 linear feet of completed sidewalk replacement on Savannah Street, Clayton, photographed Tuesday. Orange construction fencing marks the next phase of the project, which has not begun. (Photo: Bavarian Brainrot / Margaret Holcomb)

Clayton's $220,000 Sidewalk Replacement Project Has, In Six Weeks, Replaced Seventeen Linear Feet Of Sidewalk

The City of Clayton's $220,000 contract for the replacement of approximately 2,400 linear feet of deteriorated downtown sidewalk, awarded in December 2025 and scheduled for substantial completion by March 31, has produced, as of the Bavarian Brainrot newsroom's Tuesday field inspection, 17 linear feet of completed replacement work. The contractor has attributed the pace to frost.

By Margaret Holcomb · Mar 13, 2026 · 5 min