The Cheyenne City Council on Monday unanimously approved a new city ordinance intended to curb excessively loud vehicles.

The ordinance requires all vehicles driven within city limits to be equipped with a muffler. It specifically prohibits vehicles that bypass or cut out their mufflers to be louder and those that create “excessive smoke.”

Violators would be subject to a fine between $100 and $200 for a first offense. These fines would increase for each ensuing offense and include jail time.

The measure has proven highly controversial with Cheyenne residents who worry it could be used to the detriment of local car clubs and drive young people away. Others expressed confusion with how it would be enforced.

Councilman Pete Laybourn said the rule was intended to keep Cheyenne from becomin

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