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Seasonal summer ban. Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited May 15–October 1. Exemptions: golf course maintenance; roof / gutter cleaning between May 15–June 15.
Enacted: 2023-06-26 In effect since: 2024-01-01
Carve-outs:
Golf courses — golf course maintenance Other — roof / gutter cleaning between May 15–June 15
Highland Park Code Title IX, Chapter 95 (Noise) and Chapter 96. Member of the 2021–2022 North Shore Regional Leaf Blower Working Group; considered expansion to a 9-month ban per regional template but retained the May 15–October 1 seasonal window as of April 2026.
Last updated: Jun 3, 2026
Research & citations
- Highland Park, IL Code of Ordinances — leaf-blower ordinance source
— Highland Park, IL Code of Ordinances, 2023-06-26
Codified §95.001(O)(9) nine-month seasonal gas-blower rule (Ord. O33-2023, passed 6/26/23).
- 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 Highland Park — Municipal Code (leaf blower / noise)
— City of Highland Park
Codified leaf blower / noise ordinance for City of Highland Park, Illinois. Source: Municode.
- Seasonal Ordinances — City of Highland Park
- Regional Leaf Blower Working Group — Final Report
— Village of Deerfield, 2022-09-28
Failed in legislature HB 4805 — Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban Act (died)
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