Glencoe

Ban status

9-month ban. Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited except April 1–30 and October 1–November 30. Additional prohibitions May 15–September 15 and December 15–March 15. Hours in permitted windows: weekdays 7am–6pm, Saturdays 9am–6pm. Electric permitted year-round. Village Manager may adjust restrictions for weather-related cleanup.

Timeline

• 2024-01-01 Effective date reached — 9-month ban took effect

Research & citations

• Glencoe IL — gas-powered leaf blowers
  Board voted April 20 2023; regulations effective January 1, 2024.
• Regional Leaf Blower Working Group — Final Report (Sept 28, 2022) — City of Highland Park, 2022-09-28
  Final Report of the Illinois Regional Leaf Blower Working Group, hosted on the City of Highland Park website. Summarizes the Working Group's 2021–2022 deliberations among 11 villages and cities plus industry representatives, and proposes a shared 9-month-ban ordinance template — the structural template adopted by the North Shore seasonal-restriction cluster.
• City of Glencoe — Municipal Code (leaf blower / noise) — City of Glencoe
  Codified leaf blower / noise ordinance for City of Glencoe, Illinois. Source: American Legal Publishing.
• Leaf Blower Regulations — Village of Glencoe
• Regional Leaf Blower Working Group — Final Report — Village of Deerfield, 2022-09-28