Takoma Park

Maryland · city

Full Year-Round Ban Year-round gas ban

Ban status

Mirrors Montgomery County: sales prohibited from July 1, 2024; use prohibited from July 1, 2025. Codified under Takoma Park Noise Control Chapter 14.12.

Enacted: 2024-03-13 In effect since: 2025-07-01

The most progressive municipality in Montgomery County (pop. ~17,500). Moved its Department of Public Works off gas leaf blowers in a 2013 policy — documented in Maryland State Archives as one of the nation's earliest municipal electrifications. Serves as the "green exemplar" in regional advocacy framing.

Last updated: Jun 2, 2026

Timeline

2025-07-01 Effective date reached — Use ban took effect (mirroring county)
2024-07-01 Effective date reached — Phase: Sales ban took effect (mirroring county)
2013 Effective date reached — Phase: Department of Public Works moved off gas leaf blowers (early municipal electrification)

Research & citations

Takoma Park MD Ordinance 2024-03 (gas leaf blowers)
Second reading 3/13/2024; use ban effective July 1, 2025.
City of Takoma Park — Municipal Code (leaf blower / noise) — City of Takoma Park
Codified leaf blower / noise ordinance for City of Takoma Park, Maryland. Source: eCode360.
Leaf Blowers — Takoma Park Sustainability

Maryland context

Failed in legislature HB 701 Clean Air Quiet Communities Act — died in committee

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