We summarise every municipality's leaf-blower law as a single named tier, derived from two facts in the database: what the law does (status) and how it does it (regulation basis).
Rows are the law's status. Columns are how the law is structured. Each cell names the tier and shows how many places we currently track there. Click a cell to jump to the corresponding section of the tracker.
| Equipment-specific | Fuel source | Generic dB cap | Hours only | No basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Year-Round Ban | Total prohibition 5 Del Mar, Hermosa Beach, Hidden Hills… | Year-round gas ban 101 Alameda, Atherton, Belvedere… | — | — | — |
| Partial or Seasonal Ban | Equipment dB cap 7 Ardsley, Bronxville, New Rochelle… | Seasonal gas ban 66 Larkspur, Monterey, Palos Verdes Estates… | Generic dB cap 7 Costa Mesa, Culver City, Newport Beach… | Hours only 6 West Tisbury, Greenburgh, Orangetown… | — |
| No Ban | Equipment dB cap 0 | No rule 0 | Generic dB cap 0 | Hours only 1 Lewisboro | No rule 18 Boulder, Winter Park, Athens-Clarke County… |
| Adopted — Not Yet in Effect | Adopted (not yet in effect) 14 Woodside, Buena Park, Burbank… — decided; effective date still ahead | ||||
| Government Fleet Only | Government fleet ban only 4 South Portland, Multnomah County, Charleston… — regulation basis irrelevant | ||||
| Local Interest | In play (residents organizing) 22 Camarillo, Cerritos, Fremont… — regulation basis irrelevant | ||||
If you just want the ladder, here it is.
Every leaf blower — gas and electric — banned year-round. Strongest possible rule.
Gas-powered blowers prohibited year-round; electric is unaffected.
Gas blowers off during quieter parts of the year, typically late spring through early fall.
Municipal crews must run electric. Private and contractor use unaffected.
Leaf blowers named in the ordinance with a decibel threshold; fuel-source neutral.
Property-line noise cap that constrains gas blowers in practice, but the ordinance does not name them.
Hours-of-operation rules with no equipment-specific limit.
Residents organizing for a ban (e.g., an active petition); the municipality has not yet engaged.
No ordinance text constrains leaf-blower use.
Two database fields drive every tier:
A few cells in the matrix are empty by construction — a full ban can't be a "decibel cap" because the ban itself, not the noise level, is what does the work. Those cells render as —.