Lake Bluff

Ban status

Current ban: seasonal May 15–September 30 (summer-only). Expansion to a 9-month ban actively under consideration: Sustainability & Environmental Committee voted December 2, 2024 to recommend a year-round ban; Committee-of-the-Whole sent it back to SEC on January 13, 2025 to evaluate 9-month-ban scope; the Sustainability and Community Enhancement Committee recommended a 9-month ban on February 18, 2025.

Timeline

• 2025-02-18 Bill introduced — Sustainability and Community Enhancement Committee recommended 9-month ban + landscaper registration
• 2025-01-13 Bill introduced — Committee-of-the-Whole sent recommendation back to SEC to evaluate 9-month-ban scope
• 2024-12-02 Bill introduced — Sustainability & Environmental Committee voted to recommend year-round ban

Research & citations

• Sustainability Committee recommends expanded leaf blower ban — Village of Lake Bluff, 2025-02-18
• 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 Lake Bluff — Municipal Code (leaf blower / noise) — City of Lake Bluff
  Codified leaf blower / noise ordinance for City of Lake Bluff, Illinois. Source: American Legal Publishing.
• Regional Leaf Blower Working Group — Final Report — Village of Deerfield, 2022-09-28