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Total ban on use of all leaf blowers — gasoline-engine AND electric-motor — within City limits. NPC QuietNet codified text: "It shall be unlawful for any person to use or operate within the City, any portable machine, powered with a gasoline engine or electric motor, to blow leaves, dirt and other debris off sidewalks, driveways, lawns, and other surfaces." Equipment-class total ban — fuel-source-neutral.
Enacted: 1985-01-01
Source: NPC QuietNet roll-up at https://www.nonoise.org/quietnet/cqs/other.htm with codified text. Del Mar joins Laguna Beach (1993), Hermosa Beach, and Santa Monica (1991-2023) in the small set of California cities that banned all leaf blowers as an equipment class regardless of fuel source. Original ordinance date not surfaced — primary-source verification recommended.
Last updated: Jun 17, 2026
In forceAB 1346 — Statewide SORE sales banEnacted 2021-10-09· Effective 2024-01-01
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