Nantucket

Ban status

Island-wide commercial ban with no grace period. Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited for any commercial landscaper, landscape company, or other entity engaged in the business of providing home/yard repair/cleanup/maintenance services for a fee. Residential / homeowner use not covered.

Timeline

• 2025-04-08 Vote taken — Martha's Vineyard Towns to Vote on Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Phase-Out at Town Meetings
• 2020 Adopted — Town Meeting adopted citizen petition for commercial ban

Research & citations

• Martha's Vineyard Towns to Vote on Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Phase-Out at Town Meetings
  Five Martha's Vineyard towns — including Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, and West Tisbury — are set to vote at town meetings on April 8, 2025 on proposals to phase out gas-powered leaf blowers within three years. The Vineyard Conservation Society has driven the effort, citing noise, air quality, and worker health concerns. Landscapers express mixed reactions but many are already transitioning to battery-powered equipment.
• Voters to Decide on Future of Gas Leaf Blowers — Vineyard Gazette, 2025-03-27
  Notes Nantucket voted to ban commercial gas leaf blowers after a citizen's petition in 2020.
• Nantucket 2020 Annual Town Meeting Summary — Town of Nantucket, 2020-06-25
  June 25, 2020 ATM summary; the leaf-blower article was Passed Over (commercial gas-blower ban adopted at a later 2020 session, effective Dec 1 2020).
• City of Nantucket — Municipal Code (leaf blower / noise) — City of Nantucket
  Codified leaf blower / noise ordinance for City of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Source: eCode360.
• Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers — Town of Nantucket
• Nantucket, MA — Official Municipal Website