Town of Rhinebeck

Ban status

Hours-only framework with explicit leaf-blower naming. Town Code Chapter 125 (Zoning) Article V §125-58 (Noise Regulations) prohibits operation of "all electric and/or internal combustion engines employed in yard, garden or grounds maintenance, including, but not limited to, lawn mowers, leaf blowers, grass trimmers, and snow blowers" during the following hours: 8 p.m. – 7 a.m. Monday through Friday; 8 p.m. – 9:30 a.m. Saturdays/Sundays/holidays. Other quiet-hour rules cover trash collection, construction/demolition, and commercial deliveries. NO fuel-source distinction; gas and electric blowers treated identically.

Research & citations

• The Daily Catch — Now Hear This! Town of Rhinebeck Noise Regulations — The Daily Catch (formerly Hudson Valley Pilot), 2024-02-15
  Reporting on the Town of Rhinebeck's 2024 amendment debate. Documents the existing 60 dB(A) at-lot-line rule for residential property (7 a.m. – 8 p.m.) and quotes officials confirming "almost every lawn trimmer and leaf blower" exceeds that limit. Confirms the 60 dB cap is in the Town code, not the Village code. Companion source for the 0265 reclassification.
• Town of Rhinebeck — Amended Local Law (Chapter 125 §125-58) — 2024-01-24 — Town of Rhinebeck, 2024-01-24
  Town of Rhinebeck Local Law amending Chapter 125 Article V Noise Regulations; prohibits operation of yard/garden/grounds-maintenance engines (incl. leaf blowers) during specified quiet hours.
• The Daily Catch — Those Pesky Leaf Blowers (Rhinebeck) — The Daily Catch (formerly Hudson Valley Pilot)
  Reporting on the Town of Rhinebeck noise-ordinance rewrite that explicitly distinguishes the Town's Chapter 125 §125-58 60 dB framework from the Village of Rhinebeck's much vaguer "excessive sound and vibration" provision. Cites Sgt. Pete Dunn (Village of Rhinebeck Police): only 7 noise citations in 2023 (5 from 2 repeat complainants). Primary source for the 0265 audit reclassification of the Village row.