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Legal Landscape

A national overview of where U.S. municipalities stand on gas-powered leaf blower regulation. Drill down by state for ordinances, timelines, and the state-level law shaping each jurisdiction.

This page is a live tracker backed by a database. As we find official ordinances, town meeting records, and news coverage, we add municipalities here so residents and local officials can reference primary sources directly. For an alternate nationwide view, see PIRG's interactive map of lawn mower and leaf blower policies.
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Partial / seasonal bans
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California 43 entries
California In force
AB 1346 — Statewide SORE sales ban
Enacted: 2021-10-09 Effective: 2024-01-01

The only statewide gas-equipment sales ban in the U.S. AB 1346 (Berman, 2021) directed CARB to prohibit the sale of new small off-road engines (SORE) — leaf blowers, mowers, chainsaws, edgers, trimmers, pressure washers, and portable generators. Effective for engines manufactured on or after January 1, 2024. Enforced at the manufacturer, distributor, and retailer level; does not restrict operation of pre-ban equipment. Farmers and emergency responders exempt. $30M was appropriated for small-business transition. Federal preemption litigation (OPEI 9th Circuit petition) is paused pending Trump EPA review of California's Clean Air Act §209(e) authorization.

AB 1346 — California Legislative InformationCARB SORE zero-emission regulation (press release)CORE voucher program (CALSTART + CARB)

Full Year-Round Ban

Atherton
San Mateo County
Gas leaf blower ban, enforcement rolled out August 2024.
Tiered penalties: $100 / $200 / $500+. Initial enforcement focus on education and warning.
Belvedere
Marin County
Citywide prohibition on operation of portable gasoline-engine leaf blowers.
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list.
Berkeley
Alameda County
Citywide gas blower ban.
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list.
Beverly Hills
Los Angeles County
Citywide ban on gas-powered portable leaf blowers. Ordinance 78-O-1700 — the second locality in California / United States to ban gas blowers.
Gas-Powered Blowers Banned But Still Around — Beverly Hills Renters Alliance
Burlingame
San Mateo County
Gas leaf blower ban. Commercial use limited to 1 day per week per area (additional day for R3/R4 zones). Residential use limited to Saturday 9am-2pm, Sunday 10am-2pm, and one additional weekday.
Up to $50 first offense, up to $500 subsequent.
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Monterey County
First-in-nation ban on operation of combustion-engine leaf blowers, adopted under the village noise nuisance framework.
Claremont
Los Angeles County
Community Services Commission ended gas leaf blower use on city property in October 1990; subsequently expanded to citywide ban.
Coronado
San Diego County
Citywide gas blower ban.
Del Mar
San Diego County
All leaf blowers prohibited (gas and electric).
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list. Needs follow-up against current municipal code for exact effective date.
Hermosa Beach
Los Angeles County
All leaf blowers prohibited (gas and electric).
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list. Needs follow-up against current municipal code for exact effective date.
Hillsborough
San Mateo County
Gas leaf blower ban; remaining (electric) blowers must be ≤65 dBA at 50 ft per manufacturer label.
Indian Wells
Riverside County
Citywide gas blower ban.
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list.
Lafayette
Contra Costa County
Gas leaf blower ban. Ordinance 688 adopted October 10, 2023, effective July 1, 2024. Applies to residents, landscapers, and city staff.
Lafayette Gas Leaf Blower Ban — CBS News Bay Area
Lafayette Leaf Blower Ban Goes Into Effect in 2024 — Contra Costa News, 2023-12-26
Property owner may be held liable alongside the operator.
Laguna Beach
Orange County
All leaf blowers prohibited (gas and electric).
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list. Needs follow-up against current municipal code for exact effective date.
Lawndale
Los Angeles County
Citywide gas blower ban.
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list.
Los Altos
Santa Clara County
Citywide gas blower ban — one of the earliest Bay Area municipal ordinances.
Reporting confirms gas blower use remains prevalent in practice despite the ordinance — a widely cited example of longstanding enforcement gaps.
Los Altos Hills
Santa Clara County
Electric-only leaf blowers; gas prohibited.
Los Gatos
Santa Clara County
Citywide gas blower ban.
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list.
Malibu
Los Angeles County
Citywide gas blower ban.
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list.
Manhattan Beach
Los Angeles County
All leaf blowers prohibited (gas and electric).
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list. Needs follow-up against current municipal code for exact effective date.
Menlo Park
San Mateo County
Gas leaf blowers and gas weed trimmers banned. Enforcement began July 1, 2024 under Municipal Code Chapter 8.07.
Penalties $50 first offense escalating to $500 for repeat offenses. Citations require officer direct observation.
Mill Valley
Marin County
Citywide gas blower ban. Municipal Code also prohibits using hoses to clear debris.
Violations up to $500.
Oakland
Alameda County
Ordinance 13616 C.M.S. adopted October 6, 2020 with a six-month grace period. Combustion-engine leaf blowers and string trimmers banned.
Ojai
Ventura County
Citywide ban on gas-powered leaf blowers in residential areas. Electric only.
Ordinance 887 / 906.
Palm Springs
Riverside County
Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited for any purpose, especially lawn maintenance.
Palo Alto
Santa Clara County
Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited in residential neighborhoods. Longstanding ordinance amended multiple times.
Piedmont
Alameda County
Citywide ban on gas-powered leaf blowers; electric or battery only. Exemption for public agencies on public property.
Maximum $100 penalty per violation.
Portola Valley
San Mateo County
Citywide gas blower ban.
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara County
Citywide gas blower ban adopted by voters October 9, 1997 (Ordinance 5036, §9.16.021) after a 9,000+ signature drive. Sticker requirement effective July 1, 1998: all blowers must be ≤65 dB with certification. Permitted hours 9am-5pm Monday-Saturday, never Sundays/holidays; not within 250 ft of residential zone.
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz County
Citywide gas blower ban under Santa Cruz Municipal Code §6.110. Adopted June 25, 2024, effective July 1, 2025. Exceptions for parcels ≥10 acres, specific parks, and emergency responders.
Santa Monica
Los Angeles County
Originally banned ALL leaf blowers (gas and electric) in 1991. Ordinance modified July 2023 to allow zero-emission electric blowers ≤70 dB. Gas blowers remain prohibited.
Only major CA city to ban all blowers (gas plus electric) for three decades before 2023 amendment.
Sausalito
Marin County
Phased full gas-powered landscaping equipment phase-out. Gas leaf blowers banned September 29, 2022; gas mowers and trimmers January 31, 2023; chainsaws and pole trimmers December 31, 2023.
Solana Beach
San Diego County
Citywide gas blower ban.
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list.
Sonoma
Sonoma County
Citywide gas blower ban.
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list.
South Pasadena
Los Angeles County
Citywide gas blower ban passed 2023.
Tiburon
Marin County
Gas blower regulations in place since 1995; subsequently expanded.
Roll-up source: NPC QuietNet California cities list.
Walnut Creek
Contra Costa County
Gas leaf blower ban — use, employ, or retain prohibited. Adopted November 5, 2025, effective April 1, 2026. Emergency exception available.
West Hollywood
Los Angeles County
Citywide ban on gas-powered leaf blowers; electric or battery only.
Penalties $100-$500 plus $50 administrative fee.
Woodside
San Mateo County
Gas leaf blower ban in effect. As of December 2025, town is considering exemptions. Enforcement is education-first.
Officials report "99% of the time compliance is gained through education rather than citations."

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Alameda
Alameda County
Gas blower regulations in place. Scope details need verification against current municipal code.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
LAMC §112.04(c): "No gas powered blower shall be used within 500 feet of a residence at any time." Effective February 13, 1998. Distance-based partial ban.
Gardeners' Strike — NPR, 1998-01-09
Original penalties (misdemeanor, up to $1,000, up to 6 months jail) were reduced after the January 1998 ALAGLA hunger strike. Current statute is infraction-level. Methanol-fuel loophole used by gardeners made field enforcement impractical for years.
Newport Beach
Orange County
Noise-level limits on leaf blowers rather than outright ban. 20-pace test determines compliance.
Pasadena
Los Angeles County
Gas blower restrictions with both temporary and permanent variants.
Scope details need verification against current municipal code.
Colorado 1 entry
Colorado In force
AQCC Regulation 29 — state-agency ozone-season restriction

Colorado Air Quality Control Commission Regulation 29 restricts state government agencies from using gas-powered handheld lawn equipment during the summer ozone season (June 1 – August 31) in the Denver Metro / North Front Range ozone nonattainment area. Government-use only; does not restrict private or commercial use. Colorado has not adopted a CARB-equivalent sales ban. Boulder, after a multi-year study, deferred regulatory action in favor of a voluntary voucher pilot.

AQCC Regulations — Colorado Department of Public Health

No Ban

Boulder
Boulder County
Deferred regulatory action after multi-year study. Pursuing voluntary transition with a point-of-sale voucher pilot for electric equipment instead.
Staff recommendation against regulation cited cost and availability of electric alternatives, equity concerns, and enforcement difficulty.
Connecticut 10 entries
Connecticut Failed in legislature
SB 319 — ban stripped, loan program only

Original SB 319 (2026) would have banned sale of gas handheld/backpack blowers January 1, 2029 and use September 1, 2030, funded via the Public Benefits Charge on electric bills. On March 19, 2026, the Environment Committee advanced the bill 26–8 with the ban provisions stripped — leaving only a Connecticut Green Bank loan program for commercial landscapers. The Yankee Institute's "regressive utility-bill funding" framing is widely credited with the removal. Five Connecticut towns (Greenwich, Norwalk, Stamford, Westport, Wallingford) have municipal restrictions in force.

SB 319 status — CT General AssemblyOLR Report 2025-R-0139 — Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Restrictions

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Greenwich
Fairfield County
Seasonal ban in residential zones. Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited from 6pm the Friday before Memorial Day through September 30 (Labor Day plus one day for properties 2+ acres). Hours: Mon–Fri 8am–6pm, Sat/Sun/holidays 9am–3pm. Parcels ≤1/4 acre limited to one blower at a time. Commercial use prohibited on Sundays in residential zones. Electric permitted year-round.
  • 2023-06 Introduced — Board of Health rejected Quiet Yards Greenwich phased-ban proposal; created landscaper registration program instead
  • 2024-01-16 Passed — Representative Town Meeting (RTM) passed noise ordinance with GLB amendment
  • 2024-03 Phase milestone — Board of Selectmen granted a 1-year variance to town departments (DPW, Parks & Rec)
  • 2024-05-24 Effective — Summer ban takes effect at 6pm (warnings-only enforcement through December 31, 2024)
  • 2025-01-01 Phase milestone — Monetary penalties begin: $100 (2nd offense), $249 (subsequent)
Greenwich Police announce penalties — Greenwich Free Press, 2024-12
Passed by the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) on January 16, 2024. Penalties began January 1, 2025: warning (1st), $100 (2nd), $249 (subsequent). Town departments received a 1-year variance (March 2024) for the 11 handheld + 58 backpack town-owned units. Greenwich Police received 479 GLB complaints by end of August 2024. The Board of Health rejected an earlier Quiet Yards Greenwich phased-ban proposal in June 2023 and created a landscaper registration program instead; advocates re-routed the ordinance through the RTM.
Norwalk
Fairfield County
Phased rollout. Interim phase (effective September 1, 2024): internal combustion blowers permitted only October 15–December 15 and April 1–June 1; summer use restricted to impervious surfaces (driveways, patios, pool decks) by property owners only with narrow hours. Full ban scheduled for January 1, 2027 on parcels ≤2 acres and January 1, 2028 on parcels >2 acres. Electric permitted year-round.
  • 2023-11-20 Passed — Common Council passed Chapter 61A (8–3–1)
  • 2024-09-01 Effective — Interim phase takes effect: seasonal windows + impervious-surface-only summer rule
  • 2026-09-01 Phase milestone — Scheduled Common Council re-vote on electric-equipment technology viability before 2027 full ban
  • 2027-01-01 Phase milestone — Full ban begins on parcels ≤2 acres (conditional on 2026 re-vote)
  • 2028-01-01 Phase milestone — Full ban extends to parcels >2 acres
Chapter 61A of the Norwalk Code of Ordinances, passed by Common Council 8–3–1. Penalties: 1st violation written warning; subsequent violations up to $250 each. Common Council scheduled a re-vote for September 1, 2026 to assess electric-equipment technology viability before the 2027 full ban takes effect. Bilingual (English/Spanish) enforcement flyers. 20 complaints in the first month of enforcement (Sept 15 – Oct 15, 2024); no fines issued.
Stamford
Fairfield County
Once effective (~November 2028 after a 3-year compliance period), gas-powered leaf blowers will be permitted only during October, November, and December. Applies to all private individuals, property owners, tenants, and commercial landscapers. City departments must retire gas equipment during compliance window.
  • 2025-11 Passed — Board of Representatives passed Ordinance LR31.100 amending Chapter 164 (23–10–3)
  • 2028-11 Effective — October–December-only gas leaf blower ban takes effect (3-year compliance period)
Ordinance LR31.100 passed by the Board of Representatives November 2025 (23–10–3), amending Chapter 164 of the Stamford Code of Ordinances. Penalties: warning (1st), $50 (2nd), $100 (3rd+). Fines deposited into a dedicated sustainability fund for rebates, tree planting, workforce training, and community outreach. Pre-existing Chapter 164 hour restrictions (8am–6pm M–F, 10am–3pm Sat/Sun) remain in force during the compliance period.
Wallingford
New Haven County
Time-of-day restriction only (no seasonal provision). Wallingford Code Chapter 144 prohibits any person from operating a gasoline or electric leaf blower between sundown (no later than 9pm) and 7am on weekdays or weekends. Applies equally to gas and electric equipment.
Listed in CT Office of Legislative Research Report 2024-R-0177 as one of five CT towns with leaf blower restrictions. Only municipality outside Fairfield County with a GLB-related restriction. Wallingford Code Chapter 144 (Noise) also prohibits un-muffled exhaust from internal combustion engines and air compressors. No GLB-specific penalty schedule beyond general noise-ordinance enforcement.
Westport
Fairfield County
Seasonal ban. Handheld and backpack gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited May 15–October 15 each year. No property-size carve-out. Outside the summer period, blowers limited to M–F 8am–6pm, Sat until 3pm, no Sunday or holiday use.
  • 2023-01 Passed — Representative Town Meeting (RTM) passed GLB ordinance (22–9)
  • 2023-05-15 Effective — Hours / day restrictions take effect (summer ban deferred 1 year)
  • 2024-05-15 Effective — Full summer ban (May 15–October 15) takes effect; 168 property notices issued during 2024 season
Passed by the Representative Town Meeting in January 2023 (22–9). Initial hours/day restrictions took effect May 15, 2023; full summer ban took effect May 15, 2024. Fines and Superior Court referral were stripped from the final ordinance — enforcement is education-only via the Westport Conservation Department. During the 2024 season the Conservation Department issued notices to 168 properties.

Considering a Ban

Darien
Fairfield County
No ordinance enacted. First Selectman Monica McNally raised the issue at a July 3, 2023 Board of Selectmen meeting after resident complaints about early-morning noise (garbage trucks, construction, GLBs). McNally's preference was a time-of-day noise ordinance rather than a targeted GLB ban. No ordinance has advanced since.
  • 2023-07-03 Introduced — First Selectman Monica McNally raised time-of-day noise / GLB restrictions at Board of Selectmen meeting
Darien shares a commuter-belt profile with Greenwich, Westport, and Norwalk, all of which have enacted GLB restrictions.
New Canaan
Fairfield County
No ordinance enacted. Town Council's Bylaws & Ordinances Committee has been drafting a seasonal gas-powered leaf blower ordinance through 2024–2026; a prior version was tabled in 2022–2023.
  • 2022 Introduced — Initial seasonal GLB ordinance draft floated and tabled by Town Council
  • 2024 Introduced — Bylaws & Ordinances Committee resumed drafting a seasonal GLB ordinance
Most recent reporting (February 2026) indicates the committee has focused on a draft ordinance text. No scheduled enactment vote.
New Haven
New Haven County
No ordinance enacted. The Board of Alders' City Services and Environmental Policy Committee held extensive public testimony in March 2022 at the request of the Environmental Advisory Council. Alders signaled interest in a phase-out ordinance but none has been adopted.
  • 2022-03 Introduced — Board of Alders City Services and Environmental Policy Committee held public testimony on GLB phase-out
Leaf Blower Ban Debated — New Haven Independent
Yale-affiliated advocates (including Yale doctors and a neurologist) have testified. Frequently mentioned in state-level advocacy as a tier-2 target.
Ridgefield
Fairfield County
No ordinance enacted. A 2023 proposal (resident Vincent Giordano) would have limited GLB use to April 1–May 14 and October 15–November 30 six-week cleanup windows plus emergencies. The proposal was withdrawn after landscaper and resident backlash. The town then formed a 9-member Leaf Blower Task Force (3 pro, 3 con, 3 unbiased) to study the issue.
  • 2023 Introduced — Resident Vincent Giordano proposed limiting GLB use to April 1–May 14 and October 15–November 30 cleanup windows
  • 2023 Paused — Proposal withdrawn after landscaper and resident backlash; 9-member Leaf Blower Task Force formed
Current general noise ordinance permits GLB use 7am–9pm. No GLB-specific restriction in effect.
West Hartford
Hartford County
No ordinance enacted. The Town Council has adopted a "Resolution Declaring a Climate Crisis" and the Sierra Club CT chapter has focused grassroots advocacy here. Residents have petitioned for years; no GLB ordinance has been adopted.
  • 2021 Phase milestone — Public Works purchased Connecticut's first all-electric field mower operated by a municipality (voluntary transition)
In 2021, West Hartford Public Works purchased the first all-electric field mower operated by any Connecticut municipality — a transition-in-practice without regulation. The `enacted` field reflects this voluntary-transition milestone, not an ordinance.
Delaware 2 entries

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Lewes
Sussex County
City of Lewes Environmental Protection Ordinance: phased ban on handheld/wheeled gas-powered landscaping equipment within city limits. Phase 1 (effective December 31, 2022): handheld gas equipment OTHER than leaf blowers, chainsaws, and string trimmers prohibited. Phase 2 (effective December 31, 2025): gas leaf blowers, chainsaws, and string trimmers prohibited. Gas-powered lawn mowers remain permanently exempt — no sunset date.
  • 2020-12-14 Passed — Mayor and City Council adopted Environmental Protection Ordinance
  • 2022-12-31 Phase milestone — Phase 1: handheld gas equipment (other than blowers, chainsaws, trimmers) prohibited
  • 2025-12-31 Effective — Phase 2: gas leaf blowers, chainsaws, and string trimmers prohibited
Adopted by Mayor and City Council December 14, 2020. Sponsor: Councilperson Rob Morgan; phased-in design championed by Councilperson Andrew Williams (5-year ramp to avoid landfill dumping). Codified in the Lewes Code Environmental Protection chapter (eCode360 ref 37339687). General Lewes penalty-clause structure applies; specific GLB citation data not yet public. Enforced by Lewes Code Enforcement via City Hall complaint pathway. The only Delaware municipality with a binding GLB ordinance. Mower exemption reflects commissioners' concern that battery-mower technology was not yet commercially adequate for Lewes property sizes. No legal challenges in 3+ years.

Considering a Ban

Rehoboth Beach
Sussex County
No ordinance in force. Environment Committee voted unanimously December 16, 2022 to recommend a phased ban (city contractors Jan 2024; commercial Jan 2025; residential Jan 2026; full citywide including mowers Jan 2028; chainsaws >13 inches exempt). At the July 10, 2023 commissioners workshop, a majority signaled little interest and the proposal stalled without a formal vote. In September 2025, Mayor Stan Mills reconstituted committees and Commissioner Craig Thier now chairs a new Environmental Advisory Committee with the GLB issue back in scope. No revived ordinance draft as of April 2026.
  • 2022-12-16 Introduced — Environment Committee voted unanimously to recommend a phased ban
  • 2023-07-10 Paused — Commissioners workshop majority signaled little interest; proposal stalled
  • 2025-09 Resumed — Mayor Mills reconstituted advisory committees; new EAC under Commissioner Thier put GLB back in scope
Commissioner Toni Sharp cited a $250,000+ city-fleet transition cost as the principal 2023 obstacle. City Manager Laurence Christian said "the technology for implementation hasn't caught up with supply demands." The most-watched test of Delaware's 2026 trajectory.
District of Columbia 1 entry
Washington, D.C. In force
Districtwide gas blower prohibition
Enacted: 2018-12 Effective: 2022-01-01

Full districtwide ban on the sale and use of gas-powered leaf blowers under the Leaf Blower Regulation Amendment Act of 2018. Passed unanimously by the DC Council; signed by Mayor Bowser; effective January 1, 2022. Exempts federal land only. Violations carry fines up to $500, enforceable by citizen report. Among the earliest U.S. jurisdictions with a binding, comprehensive use ban.

Leaf Blower Regulations — DC DLCP

Full Year-Round Ban

Washington
District of Columbia
Districtwide year-round ban on the sale and use of gas-powered leaf blowers. Effective January 1, 2022, except on federal land.
  • 2018-12 Signed — Leaf Blower Regulation Amendment Act of 2018 signed by Mayor Bowser
  • 2022-01-01 Effective
Leaf Blower Regulation Amendment Act of 2018 passed unanimously by the DC Council and signed by Mayor Bowser. Violations carry fines up to $500. Enforceable by citizen report.
Florida 9 entries
Florida Preemption
SB 290 — retroactive municipal preemption
Enacted: 2026-03-23 Effective: 2026-07-01

SB 290 (2026 "Florida Farm Bill"), signed by Gov. DeSantis March 23, 2026, creates Fla. Stat. §§ 125.489 and 166.0415, preempting county and municipal regulation of engines based on fuel source. No grandfather clause. Takes effect July 1, 2026, at which point eight pre-existing Florida municipal ordinances (Naples, Key Biscayne, Town of Palm Beach, Miami Beach, Pinecrest, South Miami, Surfside, Winter Park — already repealed by referendum) become unenforceable for their fuel-source provisions. Equal-application noise rules survive.

SB 290 — Florida Senate

Full Year-Round Ban

Village of Key Biscayne
Miami-Dade County
Fuel-powered leaf blowers prohibited village-wide. Electric / battery-powered devices permitted.
  • 2017 Passed — Village Council adopted Section 17-1 fuel-powered leaf blower prohibition
  • 2018-02-25 Effective — Fuel-powered leaf blower prohibition took effect — first in Miami-Dade County
  • 2026-07-01 Phase milestone — Florida SB 290 preemption takes effect — fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable (equal-application noise rules, if any, survive)
SB 290 (2026 Florida Farm Bill) — preemption statute — Florida Legislature, 2026-03-23
Village of Key Biscayne Section 17-1 (noise ordinance amendment). Adopted 2017; effective February 25, 2018. Architect: former Council Member Katie Petros. The first community in Miami-Dade County to adopt a fuel-source GLB prohibition — Pinecrest, South Miami, Miami Beach, and the City of Miami developed ordinances in its wake. The fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable July 1, 2026 under SB 290 preemption.
Miami Beach
Miami-Dade County
Year-round prohibition on gas-powered leaf blowers citywide. Full enforcement August 1, 2023. Fines: $250 (1st within 12-month period), $500 (2nd), $1,000 (3rd+).
  • 2022-01 Passed — City Commission unanimously adopted gas leaf blower ordinance
  • 2022-02-01 Phase milestone — Education period began
  • 2022-11-01 Phase milestone — Warning period began
  • 2023-08-01 Effective — Full enforcement began
  • 2026-07-01 Phase milestone — Florida SB 290 preemption takes effect — fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable (equal-application noise rules, if any, survive)
SB 290 (2026 Florida Farm Bill) — preemption statute — Florida Legislature, 2026-03-23
Adopted unanimously by City Commission January 2022 (sponsor: late Commissioner Mark Samuelian, d. 2022; co-sponsors: Alex Fernandez, Steven Meiner (now Mayor), David Richardson). Phased: education Feb 2022–Oct 2022; warning Nov 2022–July 2023; full enforcement Aug 1, 2023. Enforcement data through July 31, 2023: 21 written warnings, 56 violations, 675 service calls during the 18-month phased period. Largest-by-population Florida city with a binding fuel-source GLB ordinance. Explicitly named in SB 290 staff analyses as a target jurisdiction. The fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable July 1, 2026 under SB 290 preemption.
Naples
Collier County
Year-round prohibition on use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers citywide. Battery and electric blowers permitted with 65 dBA manufacturer-certification cap. Fines: $100 (1st), $500 subsequent.
  • 2020-10-21 Passed — City Council adopted noise ordinance amendment
  • 2021-10-21 Effective — Gas leaf blower prohibition took effect (after 1-year education period)
  • 2022-09-28 Paused — Enforcement suspended ~8 months after Hurricane Ian damage
  • 2026-07-01 Phase milestone — Florida SB 290 preemption takes effect — fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable (equal-application noise rules, if any, survive)
SB 290 (2026 Florida Farm Bill) — preemption statute — Florida Legislature, 2026-03-23
Noise ordinance amendment adopted October 21, 2020; effective October 21, 2021 (1-year education period). First Florida city — and among the first in the southeastern U.S. — to adopt a fuel-source GLB prohibition. Enforcement: Naples Code Compliance, 74 citations and 230 written warnings as of May 2024. Enforcement suspended ~8 months after Hurricane Ian (Sept 28, 2022). The fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable July 1, 2026 under SB 290 preemption; the 65 dBA decibel cap on electric blowers survives (equal-application, not fuel-source).
Town of Palm Beach
Palm Beach County
Year-round prohibition on gas-powered leaf blowers on any size property, effective May 1, 2022 (full gas ban). Midnight – 9am quiet hours. Previously (2017) limited gas use to properties 1 acre or larger. Ordinance 18-10 (2018) amended Chapter 42 (Environment) Article V (Noise).
  • 2017 Passed — Town Council limited gas blowers to properties 1+ acre
  • 2018 Passed — Ordinance 18-10 amended Chapter 42 (Environment) Article V (Noise)
  • 2022-05-01 Effective — Full gas ban on any-size property took effect
  • 2026-07-01 Phase milestone — Florida SB 290 preemption takes effect — fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable (equal-application noise rules, if any, survive)
SB 290 (2026 Florida Farm Bill) — preemption statute — Florida Legislature, 2026-03-23
Town of Palm Beach is the wealthiest GLB-ordinance jurisdiction in Florida (median home value $3M+) and arguably in the U.S. Phased under former Mayor Gail Coniglio: 2017 acre-based carve-out, 2018 Ordinance 18-10, 2022 full gas ban. Town conducted a field test of 36 battery-powered blower models — only 10 met the 65 dBA noise limit. The fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable July 1, 2026 under SB 290 preemption.
Village of Pinecrest
Miami-Dade County
Leaf blowers operated within the Village must not be powered by gasoline or other fuel. Battery / electric blowers permitted with 65 dBA manufacturer or testing-laboratory stamp certification.
  • 2022-01-11 Passed — Adopted on second reading
  • 2023-01-01 Effective — Full gas-equipment prohibition took effect
  • 2026-07-01 Phase milestone — Florida SB 290 preemption takes effect — fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable (equal-application noise rules, if any, survive)
SB 290 (2026 Florida Farm Bill) — preemption statute — Florida Legislature, 2026-03-23
Introduced December 14, 2021; adopted on second reading January 11, 2022; full gas-equipment prohibition effective January 1, 2023. The fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable July 1, 2026 under SB 290 preemption.
South Miami
Miami-Dade County
Year-round prohibition on gas-powered leaf blowers citywide. Fines: $250 (1st), $500 (subsequent).
  • 2022 Passed — Adopted early 2022
  • 2023-08-01 Effective — Full enforcement began (coordinated with Miami Beach)
  • 2026-07-01 Phase milestone — Florida SB 290 preemption takes effect — fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable (equal-application noise rules, if any, survive)
SB 290 (2026 Florida Farm Bill) — preemption statute — Florida Legislature, 2026-03-23
Ordinance adopted early 2022; enforcement began August 1, 2023 (coordinated with Miami Beach). The fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable July 1, 2026 under SB 290 preemption.

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Town of Surfside
Miami-Dade County
Hybrid architecture anchored in multiple existing Town Code sections. Section 66-7: grass cuttings must be removed by broom sweeping only — use of power blowers on paved areas absolutely prohibited. Section 54-78(7): lawn equipment noise restricted if plainly audible within 50 feet; permitted 8am–6pm Mon–Sat, not Sun/holidays. Section 54-78(15): any noise-creating blower or power fan must be equipped with a muffler.
  • 2024-05-23 Introduced — Town announced prohibition with Sept 1, 2024 transition target
  • 2024-09-01 Effective — Transition deadline
  • 2026-07-01 Phase milestone — Florida SB 290 preemption takes effect — fuel-source prohibition becomes unenforceable (equal-application noise rules, if any, survive)
SB 290 (2026 Florida Farm Bill) — preemption statute — Florida Legislature, 2026-03-23
Town communication May 23, 2024 announced the prohibition and encouraged transition to battery/electric by September 1, 2024. Civil penalty $100 per incident. The Section 66-7 "power blowers absolutely prohibited" provision is a fuel-source prohibition (indirectly) and becomes unenforceable July 1, 2026 under SB 290; Section 54-78 decibel / muffler / hours rules survive as equal-application noise rules.

Considering a Ban

City of Miami
Miami-Dade County
No ordinance in force. Climate Resilience Committee 2024 Resolution on Leaf Blowers recommended that the City Commission direct the City Manager to (1) transition city landscape maintenance to non-gas equipment, (2) request voluntary contractor compliance, (3) require non-gas equipment in future city bids, (4) issue a transition policy. April 11, 2024 Commission meeting: stalled pending cost analysis. SB 290 has foreclosed further progression on a city-wide ordinance.
  • 2024 Introduced — Climate Resilience Committee Resolution on Leaf Blowers
  • 2024-04-11 Paused — City Commission stalled the proposal pending cost analysis
Largest Florida city and largest Miami-Dade jurisdiction (~440,000). District 1 Commissioner Miguel Gabela opposed ("I don't want to see this thing where we are imposing our will on people because the 'left' wants to do it"); District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo: "I don't think we have the votes." Mayor Francis Suarez (term-limited Nov 2025) did not champion. Prompted by hurricane specialist John Morales's November 2023 challenge to follow Miami Beach and South Miami. City-fleet procurement preferences survive SB 290 (voluntary non-mandatory encouragement carve-out).

No Ban

Winter Park
Orange County
Repealed by citywide referendum March 11, 2025 (54.51% to repeal, 2,479–2,069). Ordinance 3230-22 had been unanimously adopted by City Commission January 12, 2022 with a 30-month grace period. Operating hours provision (still-extant general code): 7am–6pm Mon–Sat, noon–6pm Sun. Ordinance 3292-24 (April 24, 2024) placed the ban on the March 2025 ballot and delayed implementation until June 1, 2025 pending the vote.
  • 2022-01-12 Passed — City Commission unanimously adopted Ordinance 3230-22 with 30-month grace period
  • 2024-02-01 Paused — Commission voted 3–2 to delay penalty enforcement until Jan 2025 after Brodeur preemption threat
  • 2024-04-24 Amended — Ordinance 3292-24 placed ban on March 2025 ballot; delayed implementation to June 1, 2025
  • 2025-03-11 Repealed — Citywide referendum repealed the ordinance 54.51%–45.49% (2,479–2,069)
Winter Park voters repeal leaf blower ordinance — Winter Park Voice, 2025-03-11
The only GLB ordinance in the state survey series to be overturned by popular vote. Sen. Jason Brodeur (SD 10, includes Winter Park) explicitly cited the ordinance as the motivation for his 2024 preemption amendment; he labeled it "preposterous" and called municipal GLB regulation "virtue signaling." After Brodeur's February 6, 2024 preemption threat, Winter Park Commission voted 3–2 on February 1, 2024 to delay penalty enforcement until January 2025. March 11, 2025 referendum turnout ~21% of registered voters.
Georgia 4 entries
Georgia Preemption
LEAF Act (HB 374) — time-limited fuel-source preemption
Enacted: 2023-05-02

The nation's originating state-preemption jurisdiction on GLB regulation. The Landscape Equipment and Agricultural Fairness (LEAF) Act, HB 374 (Rep. Brad Thomas), was signed by Gov. Brian Kemp on May 2, 2023 — predating Texas SB 1017 by ~4 months and Florida SB 290 by almost 3 years. Codified at O.C.G.A. § 36-60-30. Bars any political subdivision from regulating landscape equipment based on fuel source or engine type. Uniquely, a Sen. Elena Parent (D-42) amendment added a sunset clause: the preemption expires June 30, 2031, at which point Georgia municipalities could act unless the General Assembly reauthorizes. Only equal-application noise / decibel ordinances survive (Decatur's 2024 ordinance is the model framework).

HB 374 — Georgia General AssemblyO.C.G.A. § 36-60-30

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Decatur
DeKalb County
Equal-application noise ordinance (not fuel-source). Gas and electric leaf blowers alike restricted to 7am–9pm weekdays and subject to a 65 dB(A) decibel cap at the property line. Adopted September 16, 2024 — the model Georgia post-preemption regulatory framework compliant with O.C.G.A. § 36-60-30.
  • 2024-09-16 Passed — City Commission adopted equal-application noise ordinance (65 dB(A) cap, 9pm–7am quiet hours)
City Commission-adopted noise ordinance amendment. Decatur is the only Georgia municipality that has enacted an ordinance specifically addressing leaf-blower noise; structured as a sound-level rule rather than a fuel-source ban to comply with the 2023 LEAF Act. Cities across Georgia considering action are studying Decatur's ordinance as a template.

Considering a Ban

Savannah
Chatham County
No ordinance in force. Alderman Nick Palumbo has publicly discussed a "quiet zone" overlay concept covering the National Historic Landmark District. No formal proposal has been introduced as of April 2026.
  • 2024 Introduced — Alderman Nick Palumbo publicly discussed a "quiet zone" overlay for the National Historic Landmark District
Mayor Van Johnson's focus has been elsewhere (trolley noise, homeless encampments). Coastal tourism + historic district make Savannah a natural candidate for sound-level workarounds comparable to Decatur's model if/when action advances. Post-LEAF Act, only equal-application noise rules are permissible.

No Ban

Athens-Clarke County
Clarke County
No ordinance in force. Mayor Kelly Girtz referred a gas leaf blower phase-out to the Legislative Review Committee in late 2021. The effort died when the sponsoring commissioner left office; no successor has revived the proposal.
  • 2021 Introduced — Mayor Kelly Girtz referred GLB phase-out to Legislative Review Committee
  • 2023-05-02 Paused — Gov. Kemp signed LEAF Act — proposal categorically preempted
Consolidated city-county government, home of the University of Georgia. One of the most progressive-leaning jurisdictions in Georgia by state standards. Post-LEAF Act (May 2023), fuel-source regulation is preempted under O.C.G.A. § 36-60-30.
Atlanta
Fulton County
No ordinance in force. CM Jennifer Ide introduced Resolution 21-R-3109 on February 15, 2021 to study a gas leaf blower phase-out. The Atlanta Law Department acknowledged state preemption concerns at the time — before the 2023 LEAF Act even existed — and the resolution did not advance to a binding ordinance.
  • 2021-02-15 Introduced — CM Jennifer Ide introduced Resolution 21-R-3109 to study GLB phase-out
  • 2023-05-02 Paused — Gov. Kemp signed LEAF Act (HB 374) — O.C.G.A. § 36-60-30 preempts any fuel-source GLB ordinance (sunset 2031)
Largest Georgia city (~500,000). Atlanta has an extensive noise ordinance (Chapter 74) but no GLB-specific provision. After the May 2, 2023 LEAF Act, any Atlanta fuel-source ordinance would be categorically preempted under O.C.G.A. § 36-60-30 (sunset June 30, 2031). Mayor Andre Dickens's climate agenda has focused on building electrification and EV infrastructure rather than landscape equipment.
Illinois 10 entries
Illinois Failed in legislature
HB 4805 — Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban Act (died)

HB 4805 (103rd General Assembly, 2023–2024), sponsored by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray (D-81), would have banned gas leaf blowers statewide effective January 1, 2025 with a $500 civil penalty. Died Session Sine Die on January 7, 2025 without a hearing. No 104th-session successor bill. Predecessor SB 3313 (101st GA) also died. Illinois's home-rule framework (Article VII §6) means no state enabling bill is structurally required — two full-ban cities (Evanston since 2023, Oak Park since June 2025) plus a 7-village North Shore seasonal cluster have acted without state permission.

HB 4805 — Illinois General Assembly

Full Year-Round Ban

Evanston
Cook County
Year-round prohibition on operation of gas- and propane-powered leaf blowers anywhere in Evanston city limits. Electric blowers permitted year-round subject to general noise ordinance hours. Codified at Evanston City Code Title 9, Chapter 5 (Noise Control) as amended by Ordinance 111-O-21.
  • 2021-11 Passed — Ordinance adopted by City Council
  • 2023-04-01 Effective
  • 2024-03 Introduced — Council rejected 3-week pause on 5–4 vote
  • 2025-10 Paused — Enforcement paused in response to federal immigration enforcement activity affecting landscaping workers
  • 2026-01-01 Resumed — Enforcement resumed
Evanston pauses leaf blower enforcement amid ICE raids — Evanston RoundTable, 2025-10-15
Adopted November 8, 2021 by City Council on consent agenda (9-member Council). 18-month phase-in. Penalty schedule: warning (1st), $100 (2nd), $150 (3rd), $200 (4th), $250 (5th+). Enforcement via Evanston 311 and Health & Human Services; signed witness statement required, no video/photo. Enforcement data: 80 tickets in 2023 (vs. 17 cumulative 2015–2021); 57 complaints in 2024; $10,600 billed / $8,750 paid as of May 2024. March 2024 Council vote to pause the ban failed 5–4 (pro-pause: Kelly, Harris, Burns, Reid, Geracaris). July 2024 expansion granted landscape companies the same athletic-fields exemption as the city. Enforcement paused October 14–December 31, 2025 via City Manager administrative action (endorsed by Mayor Daniel Biss) in response to federal "Operation Midway Blitz" ICE raids on landscaping crews; full enforcement resumed January 1, 2026. Advocacy: Citizens for a Quieter Evanston (CQE). Sustain Evanston rebate program ran in 2024 with a GLB-specific transition line.
Oak Park
Cook County
Year-round ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, permanently in effect. Phase-in (March 2023–May 2025): gas permitted October 1–May 31, prohibited June 1–September 30. Full year-round ban effective June 1, 2025. Hours M–F 8am–6pm, Sat/Sun 9am–4pm. Year-round decibel cap: any leaf blower >65 dB (manufacturer-rated) prohibited at any time. Electric permitted year-round subject to hours and decibel limits.
  • 2023-03-13 Passed — Village Board voted to ban gas leaf blowers (phased)
  • 2025-06-01 Effective — Full year-round ban took effect
  • 2025-10-14 Phase milestone — Enforcement shifted to property-owners-only (not contractors) after ICE raids on landscaping crews
Village Board of Trustees voted to ban March 13, 2023. Enforcement by Village Neighborhood Services Department; May 27, 2025 shift from warnings to "strict enforcement." Advocacy: Quiet Clean Oak Park. October 14, 2025 ICE-response action: tickets issued to property owners only (not contractors) after federal raids on landscaping crews; Trustee Cory Wesley withdrew motion to fully suspend the ban. November 4, 2025: Village Board unanimously passed "ICE Free Zone" ordinance barring federal immigration agents from staging / processing on village property. Second Illinois municipality with a year-round full ban, first in the Cook County west-suburb corridor.

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Glencoe
Cook County
9-month ban. Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited except April 1–30 and October 1–November 30. Additional prohibitions May 15–September 15 and December 15–March 15. Hours in permitted windows: weekdays 7am–6pm, Saturdays 9am–6pm. Electric permitted year-round. Village Manager may adjust restrictions for weather-related cleanup.
  • 2024-01-01 Effective — 9-month ban took effect
Regional Leaf Blower Working Group — Final Report — Village of Deerfield, 2022-09-28
Glencoe Village Code Chapter 8 (Noise) as amended. Part of the 2021–2022 North Shore Regional Leaf Blower Working Group cluster.
Highland Park
Lake County
Seasonal summer ban. Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited May 15–October 1. Exemptions: golf course maintenance; roof / gutter cleaning between May 15–June 15.
Regional Leaf Blower Working Group — Final Report — Village of Deerfield, 2022-09-28
Highland Park Code Title IX, Chapter 95 (Noise) and Chapter 96. Member of the 2021–2022 North Shore Regional Leaf Blower Working Group; considered expansion to a 9-month ban per regional template but retained the May 15–October 1 seasonal window as of April 2026.
Kenilworth
Cook County
Gas-powered leaf blower seasonal restrictions in place. Specific windows and penalty schedule need verification against the Village of Kenilworth code.
Regional Leaf Blower Working Group — Final Report — Village of Deerfield, 2022-09-28
Member of the 2021–2022 North Shore Regional Leaf Blower Working Group. Code published at codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/kenilworth — exact scope is an open follow-up from April 2026 research.
Lake Bluff
Lake County
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.
  • 2024-12-02 Introduced — Sustainability & Environmental Committee voted to recommend year-round ban
  • 2025-01-13 Introduced — Committee-of-the-Whole sent recommendation back to SEC to evaluate 9-month-ban scope
  • 2025-02-18 Introduced — Sustainability and Community Enhancement Committee recommended 9-month ban + landscaper registration
Sustainability Committee recommends expanded leaf blower ban — Village of Lake Bluff, 2025-02-18
Regional Leaf Blower Working Group — Final Report — Village of Deerfield, 2022-09-28
Member of the 2021–2022 North Shore Regional Leaf Blower Working Group. Resident advocacy petition with 100+ signatures for 9-month ban, simultaneity limits, and reduced operating hours. Expansion not yet formally adopted by Village Board as of April 2026.
Lincolnwood
Cook County
Gas-powered leaf blower seasonal restrictions in place. Exact windows and penalty schedule not fully published in public aggregators.
Ordinance link pending.
Listed among the "seven Illinois municipalities with seasonal leaf blower bans" alongside Evanston, Wilmette, Glencoe, Winnetka, Highland Park, and Kenilworth. Administered by Village Community Development Department with Code Enforcement.
Northbrook
Cook County
9-month ban. Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited January–March and May–September. Permitted April 1–30, October 1–31, and November 1–30 (4-week spring + 8-week fall cleanup windows). Electric permitted year-round.
  • 2023-12-12 Passed — Village Board adopted 9-month ban
  • 2025-01-01 Effective — 9-month ban took effect
Regional Leaf Blower Working Group — Final Report — Village of Deerfield, 2022-09-28
Adopted by Village Board December 12, 2023. Enforcement by Zoning Administrator (Development and Planning Services). Village-run electric leaf blower incentive program closed April 30, 2025 with no additional funding planned. Part of the 2021–2022 North Shore Regional Leaf Blower Working Group cluster.
Wilmette
Cook County
9-month ban. Gas-powered leaf blowers permitted only April 1–30 and October 1–November 30. During permitted windows: 30 minutes in any 3-hour period on residential lots ≤½ acre; weekdays 7am–7pm (personal use). Electric permitted year-round; electric blowers powered by portable gasoline generators treated as gas. Exemptions: golf courses, public parks, roof / gutter cleaning, street repair.
  • 2023 Amended — Village expanded prior 20-week seasonal ban to 40-week (9-month) configuration
  • 2024-01-01 Effective — 9-month ban took effect
Regional Leaf Blower Working Group — Final Report — Village of Deerfield, 2022-09-28
Wilmette Village Code Chapter 16, Section 16-115. Village Board expanded a prior 20-week seasonal ban to the current 40-week configuration in 2023. Environmental and Energy Commission directed to study a potential year-round restriction. Reporting via Wilmette Police non-emergency line. Part of the 2021–2022 North Shore Regional Leaf Blower Working Group cluster.
Winnetka
Cook County
9-month ban. Gas-powered leaf blowers permitted only during April and October 1–November 30 (same template as Wilmette / Glencoe). Electric permitted year-round.
  • 2024-01-01 Effective — 9-month ban took effect
Regional Leaf Blower Working Group — Final Report — Village of Deerfield, 2022-09-28
Winnetka Village Code Chapter 10 (Noise) as amended. Major exemption: Skokie Playfield and Winnetka Golf Club granted 3-year exemptions. Part of the 2021–2022 North Shore Regional Leaf Blower Working Group cluster.
Maryland 13 entries
Maryland Failed in legislature
HB 701 Clean Air Quiet Communities Act — died in committee

No statewide ban in force. Del. Linda Foley (D-Montgomery) has sponsored enabling bills across four sessions (HB 934 2022, HB 399 2023, HB 1240 2024, HB 701 "Clean Air Quiet Communities Act" 2025) — all died in committee. Reintroduced in 2026 and still pending. Regulation happens at the county / municipal level, anchored by Montgomery County's Bill 18-22 (countywide year-round use ban, full effective July 1, 2025) and Baltimore City's Bill 23-0367 (full year-round ban begins December 16, 2026).

HB 701 — Maryland General Assembly

Full Year-Round Ban

Chevy Chase Section 3
Montgomery County
Gas-powered leaf blower ban effective July 1, 2025, aligned with the Montgomery County ordinance. Village enforces the $500 citation via county DEP — no separate village-level ordinance.
  • 2025-07-01 Effective — Village ban took effect, aligned with Montgomery County
Ordinance link pending.
Small incorporated village (pop. ~700). One of the Chevy Chase cluster of MoCo charter villages.
Chevy Chase Village
Montgomery County
Year-round prohibition on use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers, every day of the year. Applies to residents, commercial contractors, and anyone operating within Village boundaries. Village code references Montgomery County's 70 dBA / 50 ft standard for all blowers (gas or electric).
  • 2019-12 Passed — Board of Managers adopted ordinance with 2-year grace period
  • 2022-01-01 Effective — Year-round gas blower ban took effect — Maryland's first
Maryland's first year-round gas leaf blower ban — predates Montgomery County's ordinance by nearly 3.5 years. Adopted by Board of Managers in December 2019 with a 2-year grace period. Pop. ~2,000. First-time confirmed violators receive a warning; subsequent violations carry fines.
Hyattsville
Prince George's County
Phased ban: city departments and contractors prohibited from August 1, 2022; full private-use ban July 1, 2024. Citywide; applies to residents and commercial contractors.
  • 2022-08-01 Phase milestone — City departments and contractors prohibited from gas blower use
  • 2024-07-01 Effective — Full private-use ban took effect
Penalties: $100 (1st), $200 (repeat). Hyattsville Code Compliance Team investigates complaints; requires witnessing the violation to issue citations. Trade-in and rebate program ended August 1, 2024; the city now references the Montgomery / regional rebate landscape.
Martin's Additions
Montgomery County
Gas-powered leaf blower use ban in force since 2022, mirroring the Chevy Chase Village approach.
  • 2022 Passed — Council adopted use ban on voice vote
Ordinance link pending.
Small village (pop. ~1,000) adjacent to Chevy Chase Village. Council adopted the ordinance on a voice vote with no dissent reported.
Montgomery County
Maryland
Countywide year-round ban on use of handheld, backpack, and walk-behind gas-powered leaf blowers under Bill 18-22. Sales ban effective July 1, 2024; use ban effective July 1, 2025. Only exemption is for agricultural producers on agriculturally zoned property.
  • 2023-10 Signed — County Executive Marc Elrich signed
  • 2024-07-01 Phase milestone — Sales ban begins
  • 2025-07-01 Effective
  • 2025-12-01 Amended — Ordinance amended to remove photo-evidence requirement; now requires two-witness testimony
Adopted by County Council 10–1 (sole dissenter: Councilmember Gabe Albornoz, who later sponsored a failed 2025 exemption bill). Signed by County Executive Marc Elrich on October 9, 2023. $500 citations per violation. December 1, 2025 amendment removed the photo-evidence requirement after CASA / ICE concerns about Latino landscape workers; enforcement now requires two-witness testimony. Limited rebates available via the Sustainability Office; Rockville stacks an additional $100 rebate on top.
Town of Somerset
Montgomery County
Use ban on gas-powered leaf blowers in force since 2022.
  • 2022 Passed — Town Council adopted gas leaf blower use ban
Same regulatory cohort as Chevy Chase Village and Town of Chevy Chase. Reported by Bethesda Magazine and WUSA9: 103+ warnings issued and zero citations — a "warnings-only" enforcement posture cited by advocates as a model. Not to be confused with Somerset County, MD (Eastern Shore).
Takoma Park
Montgomery County
Mirrors Montgomery County: sales prohibited from July 1, 2024; use prohibited from July 1, 2025. Codified under Takoma Park Noise Control Chapter 14.12.
  • 2013 Phase milestone — Department of Public Works moved off gas leaf blowers (early municipal electrification)
  • 2024-07-01 Phase milestone — Sales ban took effect (mirroring county)
  • 2025-07-01 Effective — Use ban took effect (mirroring county)
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.
University Park
Prince George's County
Gas-powered leaf blower use prohibited effective January 1, 2024.
  • 2024-01-01 Effective — Gas leaf blower use ban took effect
Penalty: $200 per occurrence (municipal infraction). Town Council rebate program: up to $100 per battery / electric lawn equipment or battery purchase, capped at total cost of equipment. Enforced by Town Code Compliance via online complaint form.

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Residential-area gas-powered leaf blower ban under Ordinance O-28-23 ("City Noise Prohibitions and Enforcement"). Effective December 30, 2024; enforcement began April 1, 2025 (warnings-only before, citations after). Commercial zones exempt — narrower scope than Montgomery, Baltimore, or Hyattsville. Separate noise limits: 65 dBA daytime (7am–10pm), 55 dBA nighttime (10pm–7am) in residential areas.
  • 2024 Passed — City Council adopted Ordinance O-28-23
  • 2024-12-30 Effective — Residential gas leaf blower ban took effect (warnings-only initially)
  • 2025-04-01 Phase milestone — Citation enforcement began (post-grace-period)
Sponsors: Alderman Rob Savidge (Ward 7, lead), Alderwoman Elly Tierney, Alderwoman Karma O'Neill. Reporting via sustainability@annapolis.gov with location, time, and offender details. Maryland's state capital.
Baltimore
Maryland
Phased ban under Council Bill 23-0367 (amending the City Health Code re: gas-powered debris removal equipment). City operations and contractors prohibited from December 15, 2024. Private use permitted only October 15–December 15 in 2025 and 2026 fall windows; full year-round ban begins December 16, 2026. Excludes lawn mowers, trimmers, snow blowers, and pressure washers.
  • 2024-10 Effective
  • 2024-10-07 Passed — Baltimore City Council vote
  • 2024-12-15 Phase milestone — City operations and contracts stop using gas blowers
  • 2025-10-15 Phase milestone — Private use restricted to Oct 15–Dec 15 window
  • 2026-10-15 Phase milestone — Private use restricted to Oct 15–Dec 15 window (final seasonal year)
  • 2026-12-16 Effective — Full year-round ban begins
  • 2027-01-01 Effective — Full year-round ban takes effect
Sponsor: Councilmember Ryan Dorsey (District 3); cosponsors Kristerfer Burnett, Odette Ramos. Council vote 10–5, October 7, 2024; signed by Mayor Brandon Scott. Penalties: cease-and-desist on first offense, then $250 per subsequent, up to $1,000/day (each day a separate offense). Enforced by Baltimore Police and designated officers (DPW, Health Department) under the City Health Code. Self-reporting via written statement plus photo evidence. No litigation filed.
Town of Chevy Chase
Montgomery County
Seasonal restriction. Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited January 1–October 14; permitted October 15–December 31 for fall leaf cleanup. When permitted: 10am–6pm Mon–Fri, 12–6pm weekends. Electric permitted year-round.
  • 2024 Passed — Town Council adopted Ordinance 24-01
Ordinance 24-01, "Gasoline-Powered Blower Ordinance." Narrower than sister-municipality Chevy Chase Village's year-round rule. Enforcement: warnings, work stoppage, citations for repeat violators.

No Ban

Chevy Chase View
Montgomery County
No active gas-leaf-blower restriction as of April 2026. Village adopted Ordinance #100 in August 2025 granting itself a 1-year exemption from the Montgomery County gas-powered leaf blower ban for activity within Village boundaries.
  • 2025-08 Passed — Village adopted Ordinance #100, granting 1-year exemption from county ban
  • 2026-08 Phase milestone — Ordinance #100 expires; Montgomery County ban applies by default
Ordinance #100 expires August 2026, at which point the county ban will apply by default unless renewed. The only known Maryland municipality to have formally exempted itself from the Montgomery County ordinance — illustrates the charter-municipality authority that exists in Maryland. Village cited commercial-landscaper readiness and rebate-program scope as reasons.
College Park
Prince George's County
No GLB ordinance in force. City runs an aggressive Lawn Care Equipment Rebate Program: $100 for electric/manual mowers, $50 for each electric weed whacker, leaf blower, or hedge trimmer, $20 per manual rake (up to 2), up to $150 for multi-equipment combo kits, $250/household cap.
Voluntary-transition model — comparable to Vermont's utility-rebate-driven approach, applied at the municipal level.
Massachusetts 27 entries
Massachusetts Guidance
310 CMR 7.10 noise regulation; three failed incentive bills

Massachusetts has no state-level GLB ban. MassDEP's 310 CMR 7.10 noise regulation exempts "domestic equipment such as lawn mowers and power saws" between 7am and 9pm — functionally a backstop rather than a front-line rule. Three 193rd-session incentive bills (S.555, H.909, H.3055) to create grant/loan/tax-credit programs for gas-to-electric swaps all died in committee; no 194th-session successor has advanced. All substantive regulation is municipal — 20+ cities and towns across Middlesex, Norfolk, Essex, Nantucket, and Dukes counties. Attorney General Municipal Law Unit approves town bylaws under G.L. c. 40 §32.

310 CMR 7.00 — MassDEP Air Pollution Control

Full Year-Round Ban

Arlington
Middlesex County
Full year-round ban now in effect. Phased rollout: seasonal commercial restriction March 15, 2023; permanent commercial ban March 15, 2025; residents on own property prohibited March 15, 2026.
  • 2012 Passed — Earlier seasonal bylaw passed 95–85 (later reversed / softened)
  • 2022 Passed — Town Meeting passed phased-approach bylaw
  • 2023-03-15 Phase milestone — Phase 1: seasonal commercial restriction took effect
  • 2025-03-15 Phase milestone — Phase 2: permanent commercial ban took effect
  • 2026-03-15 Effective — Phase 3: residents on own property prohibited
Commercial ban in effect — YourArlington
Passed at 2022 Town Meeting. Earlier 2012 seasonal ban (passed 95–85) was reversed/softened the following year before the current phased bylaw was adopted. Penalties: written warning, $100, $200. Enforcement via Health Department under noise abatement bylaw. Advocacy led by Quiet Healthy Arlington.
Belmont
Middlesex County
Full year-round ban effective January 1, 2026 — no combustion-powered leaf blower may operate in Belmont. Interim restrictions (2022–2025) included commercial prohibition May 15–Sept 30, restrictive hours, and equipment-count limits tied to lot size.
  • 2022-11-29 Passed — Special Town Meeting Article 12
  • 2026-01-01 Effective — Full year-round gas leaf blower ban took effect
Belmont Will Phase Out Gas Leaf Blowers — Belmont Citizens Forum, 2023-06-30
Adopted at Special Town Meeting November 29, 2022 (Article 12). 143 complaints logged during the interim-restrictions period per Belmont Voice. Advocacy coalition included Healthy Lawns, Belmont Citizens Forum, residents, officials, environmentalists, and supportive landscapers.
Cambridge
Middlesex County
Year-round ban fully in effect. Residential ban effective March 15, 2025; commercial, multi-parcel owner, and city contractor ban effective March 15, 2026. Electric blowers permitted only March 15–June 15 and Sept 15–Dec 31, with hours M–F 8am–5pm, Sat 9am–5pm, no Sundays or most legal holidays. Annual permit required from License Commission.
  • 2023-12-04 Passed — City Council approved ordinance 9–0
  • 2025-03-15 Phase milestone — Residential gas leaf blower ban took effect
  • 2026-03-15 Effective — Commercial, multi-parcel owner, and city contractor ban took effect
City announces gas leaf blower ban — City of Cambridge DPW, 2025-02
Cambridge ban arriving — Boston Globe, 2025-03-12
Passed by City Council 9–0 on December 4, 2023. Penalty $300 per violation, applies to both company and property owner. Cambridge Municipal Code Chapter 8.16 (Noise Control).
Lexington
Middlesex County
Full year-round ban now in effect. Staged rollout under Noise Bylaw Chapter 80: commercial gas blowers prohibited since March 15, 2025; residents on own property prohibited since March 15, 2026. Narrow exemption for wheeled, 4-stroke gas blowers on properties larger than 1 acre.
  • 2021-11-18 Passed — Town Meeting passed bylaw
  • 2022-03-07 Passed — Confirmed by Special Referendum
  • 2022-06-14 Effective — Seasonal restrictions phase took effect
  • 2025-03-15 Phase milestone — Commercial gas leaf blower ban took effect
  • 2026-03-15 Effective — Residential gas leaf blower ban took effect
Passed at Town Meeting November 18, 2021 and confirmed by Special Referendum March 7, 2022. Penalties $50 / $100 / $200 per offense (each day separate). Town hired a dedicated Code Enforcement Officer. 224 complaints received Sept 1–early Dec 2025 in first full season of commercial ban.

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Acton
Middlesex County
Phased ban. 2-cycle gas blowers allowed in 2028 only for spring / fall cleanups; fully prohibited starting 2029.
  • 2024 Passed — Annual Town Meeting Article 32, 149–105
  • 2028 Phase milestone — 2-cycle gas blowers limited to spring / fall cleanups
  • 2029 Effective — Full gas leaf blower prohibition takes effect
Adopted at Annual Town Meeting 2024 as Article 32 (originally Article 16 citizen petition by Paul Kampas), 149–105 vote. Advocacy by Green Acton and Quieter Cleaner Acton.
Brookline
Norfolk County
Among the most restrictive bylaws in the country. Effective March 15, 2024: no gas-powered leaf blowers on properties with less than one acre of open space. Electric blowers year-round within hours (M–F 8am–8pm; Sat/Sun/holidays 9am–6pm) and ≤67 dBA at 50 feet. Annual commercial permit required. Lots ≤7,500 sq ft limited to 2 blowers simultaneously.
  • 2016 Passed — Original leaf blower bylaw adopted
  • 2022 Amended — Town Meeting adopted Article 27 amendment
  • 2024-03-15 Effective — Ban on gas blowers on lots <1 acre of open space took effect
Bylaw Article 8.31 — Leaf Blower Control. Original bylaw 2016; amended 2022 as Article 27 (petitioners Don Warner, Virginia Smith, Clint). Penalties up to $150 per violation with co-responsibility applying to both property owner and landscape company. DPW tracks complaints; Police enforce. Brooklineleaves.org is the longest-sustained local advocacy group in MA.
Chilmark
Dukes County
Commercial-only restriction. Gas blowers prohibited for commercial contractors with full ban effective May 31, 2028. Homeowners retain discretion on gas vs. electric with no time restrictions.
  • 2025-04-28 Passed — Town Meeting passed commercial-only bylaw unanimously
  • 2028-05-31 Effective — Full commercial gas leaf blower ban takes effect
Chilmark passes leaf blower ban — MV Times, 2025-04-28
Passed unanimously at April 28, 2025 Town Meeting. Only Vineyard town where the bylaw applies solely to commercial use.
Concord
Middlesex County
Phased restriction. Since June 1, 2024, gas leaf blowers prohibited on residential lots smaller than 1.5 acres. Permitted windows (during phase 1): March 15–May 31 and Sept 15–Dec 30. Battery blowers year-round; Concord Public Works exempt.
  • 2023 Passed — Annual Town Meeting adopted Article 37
  • 2024-06-01 Phase milestone — Phase 1: gas prohibited on residential lots <1.5 acres
Ban phase-in brings quiet and a few gripes — Concord Bridge, 2024-07-29
Passed at Annual Town Meeting 2023 as Article 37. Expected Phase 2 is a year-round full ban aligning with the 2026 cohort (Lexington / Belmont / Arlington).
Edgartown
Dukes County
Phased ban with full gas-blower prohibition targeted for 2028. Structure mirrors West Tisbury and Oak Bluffs.
  • 2025-04-08 Passed — Annual Town Meeting adopted phased gas leaf blower bylaw
  • 2028 Effective — Full gas leaf blower ban takes effect
Towns Pass Leaf Blower Bans — Vineyard Gazette, 2025-04-09
Lincoln
Middlesex County
Seasonal restriction. Gas blowers limited to spring and fall cleanup windows; electric allowed spring / summer / fall; no winter use of any blower.
  • 2019-03 Passed — Town Meeting passed bylaw 112–106
  • 2019-10-01 Effective — Bylaw took effect
Passed at Town Meeting March 2019 by narrow 112–106 margin (6-vote margin after standing vote). Penalty: warning first offense, $100 per subsequent. Quiet Communities Inc. (national advocacy group) was founded in Lincoln by Jamie Banks.
Marblehead
Essex County
Seasonal summer ban. Gas blowers prohibited Memorial Day to Labor Day each year; electric / battery permitted. Penalty: written warning first offense, $100 second, $200 each additional. Property owner responsible for fine.
  • 2022 Passed — Original Town Meeting article (no enforcement)
  • 2023 Effective — Summer ban took effect after AG Municipal Law Unit approval
  • 2023-05 Passed — Re-passed with enforcement provisions at Town Meeting
  • 2024 Paused — Town Meeting indefinitely suspended three ban-expansion articles
Original article passed at 2022 Town Meeting without enforcement; re-passed with enforcement at May 2023 Town Meeting. Went into force summer 2023 after AG Municipal Law Unit approval (14 months post-original vote). Enforcement by Marblehead Police or Health Department. 2024 Town Meeting voted to indefinitely suspend three expansion articles (year-round, remove exceptions, higher fines).
Nantucket
Nantucket County
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.
  • 2020 Passed — Town Meeting adopted citizen petition for commercial ban
Passed at 2020 Town Meeting via citizen petition — among the earliest binding commercial bans in Massachusetts. Enforcement by Nantucket Police, complaint-driven. Only 9 complaints logged since January 1, 2024; town manager has publicly acknowledged Nantucket lacks resources for systematic inspection.
Newton
Middlesex County
Seasonal ban with decibel limit. All gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited Memorial Day through Labor Day; during that window only one electric/battery blower per lot allowed. Year-round: all blowers ≤65 dB. Hours M–F 7am–5pm, Sat 8am–5pm, Sun prohibited except residents on own property 9am–5pm.
  • 2017 Passed — City Council adopted §20-13 leaf blower ordinance
Newton City Council ordinance §20-13, passed 2017. Fines: written warning, $100, $200, $300 max per day (each day separate). Enforcement via Inspectional Services Department seasonal inspector and Newton Police. Advocacy led by NewtonCALM (Karen Bray) and Green Newton.
Oak Bluffs
Dukes County
Phased ban. Full gas leaf blower ban 3 years after passage. Ashley Van Murphy floor amendment permitting residential Sunday use 10am–5pm (same as Saturday) was critical to passage.
  • 2025-04-08 Passed — Annual Town Meeting adopted phased gas leaf blower bylaw
  • 2028 Effective — Full gas leaf blower ban takes effect (3 years post-passage)
Towns Pass Leaf Blower Bans — Vineyard Gazette, 2025-04-09
Vote 98–79 — the closest of the five Vineyard town meetings.
Somerville
Middlesex County
Permit + seasonal + decibel regime. Permitted windows: March 15–May 31 and Oct 1–Dec 15. Hours 9am–5pm; prohibited Sundays and legal holidays. Lawn care businesses must submit operations plan to Inspectional Services, with inventory of all blowers certified ≤65 dB and employee training affidavit.
  • 2021-05-13 Passed — City Council passed Ordinance No. 2021-08
Passed by Somerville City Council May 13, 2021 as Ordinance No. 2021-08 (Code Chapter 9, Article VIII, §§9-122 to 9-130). Penalty $300 per violation.
Swampscott
Essex County
Seasonal summer ban. Gas blowers prohibited Memorial Day to Labor Day; upheld at subsequent Town Meeting.
  • 2023-05 Passed — Town Meeting passed summer ban
Changes made to Swampscott leaf-blower ban — The Daily Item, 2024-06-04
Passed at May 2023 Town Meeting. Penalties: warning, $50, $100, $300 subsequent. Reporting via Police non-emergency line.
Tisbury
Dukes County
Phased ban. Three-year phase-out of gas-powered blowers with use limits in interim.
  • 2025-04-29 Passed — Town Meeting passed gas-only phase-out
  • 2028 Effective — Full gas leaf blower ban takes effect (3 years post-passage)
Tisbury Passes Gas-Only Leaf Blower Ban — Vineyard Gazette, 2025-04-30
Known locally as Vineyard Haven.
West Tisbury
Dukes County
Phased ban. Use restrictions in place immediately; full ban of gas leaf blowers effective June 1, 2028. Permitted hours 8am–5pm weekdays, 10am–5pm Saturdays; no Sundays; holiday restrictions.
  • 2025-04-08 Passed — Annual Town Meeting adopted phased gas leaf blower bylaw
  • 2028-06-01 Effective — Full gas leaf blower ban takes effect
Towns Pass Leaf Blower Bans — Vineyard Gazette, 2025-04-09

Considering a Ban

Bedford
Middlesex County
No bylaw in force. Select Board began reviewing gas leaf blowers at its May 27, 2025 meeting. Initial direction: phased approach starting with time-of-day / seasonal limits, not an outright ban. Topic to be revisited fall 2025.
  • 2025-05-27 Introduced — Select Board began review of gas leaf blower regulation
Not to be confused with Bedford, NY (Westchester) — separate entry.
Boston
Suffolk County
No ordinance in force. Councilor Kenzie Bok filed Docket #0251 in 2022 as an order for a public hearing before the City Council Committee on Environmental Justice, Resiliency, and Parks on regulating gas-powered lawn and garden tools. Framed as environmental justice + workforce safety.
  • 2022 Introduced — Councilor Kenzie Bok filed Docket #0251 for Council hearing
Bok left the Council to lead the Boston Housing Authority; no successor sponsor has carried the docket. Petition campaigns remain active but no enforceable instrument exists.
Dedham
Norfolk County
No bylaw in force. Previously reported as considering a GLB bylaw; removed from active list after no full Town Meeting vote was scheduled.
Ordinance link pending.
Natick
Middlesex County
No bylaw in force. Fall 2024 Town Meeting considered a bylaw proposal (Town Meeting Member Rick Devereux, citizen petition) to allow gas blowers only March 15–May 15 and Oct 1–Dec 1. Not confirmed passed as of April 2026.
  • 2024-10 Introduced — Fall Town Meeting considered bylaw petition
Town Meeting week 2 recap — Natick Report, 2024-10
Needham
Norfolk County
No bylaw in force. Green Needham citizen-group proposal for a May 15–Sept 30 gas blower ban (BOH-enforced, $100 fine after warning) was withdrawn in March 2025 after strong landscaper opposition at a March 5, 2025 Zoom forum. Proponents shifted to a consumer-education campaign.
  • 2024-12 Introduced — Green Needham team launched citizen petition
  • 2025-03 Paused — Article withdrawn before Town Meeting after landscaper opposition
Proposed ban prompts landscaper concern — Needham Local, 2025-02
Article was withdrawn before the May 2025 Town Meeting vote rather than being defeated.
Westwood
Norfolk County
No bylaw in force. Discussion phase only; no warrant article filed as of April 2026.
Ordinance link pending.
Winchester
Middlesex County
No bylaw in force. Town Meeting November 18, 2022 voted to indefinitely postpone a proposed bylaw that would have limited gas blower use to April 1–May 15 and Oct 1–Dec 1, with restrictive hours and $25/yr commercial permit.
  • 2022-11-18 Introduced — Town Meeting voted to indefinitely postpone proposed bylaw
Quiet Clean Winchester remains active as the lead local advocacy group and continues to pursue a future warrant article.

No Ban

Stoneham
Middlesex County
Partial commercial gas blower ban voted down by Town Meeting on May 1, 2023. Proposal (by resident Anthony DiDonato) would have allowed police to issue up to $200 fines to commercial users of 2-stroke gas blowers.
  • 2023-05-01 Introduced — Town Meeting voted down partial commercial gas blower ban
Voters reject partial ban — Home News Here, 2023-05
Opposition focused on small-business / landscaper impact. No bylaw in force; no active successor proposal identified.
Wellesley
Norfolk County
Town Meeting rejected a proposed ban on commercial gas blowers in 2012. No bylaw currently in force. Town offers "Leave the Leaves" educational content instead.
  • 2012 Introduced — Town Meeting rejected proposed commercial gas blower ban
No go on Wellesley leaf blower ban — The Swellesley Report, 2012-04
Michigan 5 entries

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Ann Arbor
Washtenaw County
Phased ban. Summer prohibition effective June 1–September 30 in 2024-2027; full year-round prohibition on use of gas-powered leaf blowers anywhere in Ann Arbor city limits effective January 1, 2028. Electric blowers permitted year-round. Narrow exemptions for emergency response, paving operations, golf courses, and city operations during the phase-in period.
  • 2023-12-18 Passed — City Council unanimously adopted phased gas leaf blower ordinance
  • 2024-06-01 Effective — Summer prohibition phase took effect (June 1–Sept 30 each year through 2027)
  • 2028-01-01 Effective — Full year-round gas leaf blower ban takes effect
Adopted unanimously by City Council on December 18, 2023. Penalty schedule: $100 (1st offense), $250 (2nd+). Integrated with A2Zero 2030 carbon-neutrality plan. The deepest coordinated rebate ecosystem in Michigan — commercial, residential, rake, and snow blower rebates stacked. The Midwest's second full-ban flagship (after Evanston, IL) and the Midwest's broadest pipeline city. Enforced by Ann Arbor Police Department and the city's Community Standards Officer on a complaint basis.
Mackinac Island
Mackinac County
Functional no-motorized-equipment regime. The 1901 motor-vehicle ban (island-wide, one of the earliest in the United States) combined with Mackinac Island State Park Commission permit rules produces an effectively non-motorized landscape operation — horse-drawn, bicycle, and human-powered equipment dominate. Electric-battery equipment is permitted; gas-powered handheld equipment is exceptionally rare.
  • 1901 Passed — Island-wide motor-vehicle ban adopted (the basis for the functional non-motorized-equipment regime)
Not a GLB-specific ordinance — but the broader motor-vehicle prohibition functionally bars gas leaf blowers. Included here as a unique historical example of how a century-old quality-of-life rule has produced the nation's most complete non-motorized landscape regime. Population ~500 year-round.

Considering a Ban

Birmingham
Oakland County
No ordinance in force. 2023 resolution supporting a two-stroke gas leaf blower phase-out by July 1, 2026. Birmingham Green: Healthy Climate Plan adopted September 19, 2024. Ordinance tabled September 2024 for working-group study.
  • 2023 Introduced — City Council resolution supporting two-stroke gas leaf blower phase-out by July 1, 2026
  • 2024-09 Paused — Ordinance tabled for working-group study on landscaper transition and rebate funding
Wealthy Oakland County suburb. The Birmingham working group was formed after initial council discussion to address landscaper-transition concerns and rebate-funding mechanisms before any ordinance vote.
East Grand Rapids
Kent County
No ordinance in force. October 2023 public hearings considered a phased GLB ordinance. The process stalled after Michigan Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA) opposition at the hearings.
  • 2023 Paused — Proposal stalled after MNLA opposition at hearings
  • 2023-10 Introduced — Public hearings considered a phased GLB ordinance
Wealthy enclave community within the Grand Rapids metro area. The stall is the clearest illustration in Michigan of industry-opposition effectiveness against early-stage municipal proposals.
East Lansing
Ingham County
No ordinance in force. At the December 10, 2024 Council meeting, Mayor Altmann directed the Department of Public Works to draft a phase-out ordinance for comprehensive municipal small-engine electrification.
  • 2024-12-10 Introduced — Mayor Altmann directed DPW to draft a phase-out ordinance
Home of Michigan State University. The East Lansing effort is the first Michigan college town to formally begin ordinance drafting.
New Jersey 9 entries
New Jersey Pending
S623 — statewide gas blower ban (pending)

S623 (introduced January 13, 2026, reintroduced from the failed S217) would prohibit sale and use of gas-powered leaf blowers statewide. Currently in Senate Environment and Energy Committee. New Jersey has no enacted state-level GLB law; regulation has been entirely municipal, led by Essex County towns (Maplewood, Montclair, West Orange, Millburn, Summit) and the Mercer County bellwether (Princeton).

S623 — NJ Legislature

Full Year-Round Ban

Maplewood
Essex County
Full year-round ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, effective January 1, 2023. Electric equipment permitted M–F 7 a.m.–6 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.–5 p.m., not on Sundays.
  • 2022-04-19 Passed — Township Committee approval
  • 2023-01-01 Effective
Fines escalate from $500 (first offense) to $1,000 and $1,500 for subsequent violations.
Montclair
Essex County
Full year-round ban
  • 2023-10-15 Effective
What It Takes to Defeat the Leaf Blowers — Bloomberg CityLab, 2025-11-15
First-person account by organizer Jessica Stolzberg of the five-month resident campaign that won a year-round ban. Montclair has since prevailed twice in federal court against a lawsuit from local landscapers.
West Orange
Essex County
Full year-round ban, effective January 1, 2026, after two mayoral vetoes of earlier council-passed ordinances.
  • 2024 Vetoed — Mayor Susan McCartney vetoed first council-passed ordinance
  • 2025 Vetoed — Mayor McCartney vetoed second council-passed ordinance
  • 2025 Passed — Final ordinance passed by Town Council
  • 2026-01-01 Effective
Mayor Susan McCartney vetoed earlier versions twice; one veto was famously justified as "catastrophic to our golf courses." The council eventually passed a version that took effect in 2026.

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Mantoloking
Ocean County
Partial commercial cap. Ordinance 20, effective February 18, 2025: between September 15 and June 15, landscapers are limited to one gas-powered blower per property at a time.
Millburn
Essex County
Seasonal restriction only. Gas blowers prohibited Jan 1–Mar 15 and from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Effective January 1, 2026.
  • 2026-01-01 Effective
Advocates critical of seasonal-only rules describe this approach as "prohibiting outdoor ice skating in the summer" — the restriction leaves the heaviest-use fall and spring windows untouched.
Princeton
Mercer County
Seasonal restriction. Gas blowers permitted only Mar 15–May 15 and Oct 1–Dec 15. Adopted unanimously October 25, 2021.
  • 2021-10-25 Effective
Local advocacy group Quiet Princeton established a matching fund to help small landscapers transition to electric equipment.
South Orange
Essex County
Village ordinance regulating leaf blower use, enacted 2021. Scope details need verification against current code.
Ordinance link pending.
Part of the Essex County cluster (alongside Maplewood, Montclair, West Orange, Millburn, Glen Ridge).
Summit
Union County
Seasonal restriction enacted 2021. All gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited June 1–August 31.

Considering a Ban

Glen Ridge
Essex County
Ordinance 1816 introduced: proposed seasonal restriction on gas-powered leaf blowers. Pending council action.
Adjacent to Montclair; follows the Essex County pattern.
New York 23 entries
New York Pending
Three pending bills — sale ban, seasonal use ban, rebate program

All in committee. A2114 (Assembly) would prohibit sale of new gas leaf blowers and mowers statewide by January 1, 2027 (successor to A705). S424 (Senate) would prohibit use between May 1 and September 30. S5853A would establish a state-funded Electric Landscaping Equipment Rebate Program for commercial landscapers, modeled on California's CORE program. None have advanced to floor votes.

A2114 — NY AssemblyS424 — NY SenateS5853A — Electric Landscaping Equipment Rebate

Full Year-Round Ban

Irvington
Westchester County
Full year-round ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. Local Law #8 of 2020 passed November 2, 2020, with a three-year grace period for professional landscapers; full ban in effect since December 16, 2023.
  • 2020-11-02 Passed — Local Law #8 of 2020 passed
  • 2023-12-16 Effective
Codified at Village Code § 148-4.B(10).
Larchmont
Westchester County
Full year-round ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, effective January 1, 2022 — the first complete ban in the Northeastern U.S. Electric leaf blowers are further restricted to April for spring cleanup and October 15–December 15 for fall cleanup.
  • 2022-01-01 Effective
Fines escalate $250 / $500 / $1,000 for first, second, and third-plus offenses. Temporary allowances possible for extreme weather events as determined by the mayor.
Town of Mamaroneck
Westchester County
Year-round ban on gas-powered leaf blowers in the unincorporated area of the Town of Mamaroneck.
  • 2025-01-01 Effective
Separate jurisdiction from the Village of Mamaroneck.
Village of Mamaroneck
Westchester County
Year-round ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. Additionally, all leaf blowers (gas and electric) are prohibited May 15–September 30. Electric permitted October 1–May 14 only. Maximum of three leaf blowers may operate simultaneously on any property.
  • 2023-10-23 Effective
  • 2023-10-23 Passed — Local Law No. 18-2023 adopted
Local Law No. 18-2023 amended Village Code § 254-3R.
Rye
Westchester County
Full year-round ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, effective May 1, 2026. Ordinance passed January 7, 2026. Electric-only allowed year-round.
  • 2026-01-07 Passed — Rye City Council first-meeting passage
  • 2026-05-01 Effective
Exemptions: municipal, schools, religious institutions, membership clubs, golf courses, hospital and retirement communities, cemeteries, and non-residential lots greater than three acres. Ordinance supersedes the earlier seasonal rule that prohibited all leaf blowers May 1–Sept 30.
Village of Southampton
Suffolk County
Full year-round prohibition on the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. First full ban in Suffolk or Nassau County.
Suffolk Close-Up: Banning Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers — Shelter Island Reporter, 2024-06-01
White Plains
Westchester County
Full year-round ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. Original ordinance adopted October 2023 with a Dec 16, 2025 effective date; Common Council unanimously accelerated the ban on January 6, 2026 to take effect immediately.
  • 2023-10 Passed — Original ordinance passed by Common Council
  • 2026-01-06 Effective
  • 2026-01-06 Amended — Common Council unanimously accelerated the effective date from Dec 16, 2025 to immediate
Operator, employer of operator, and property owner may all be held liable. Narrow exception for caretakers of 50+ acres of recreational pervious land to use gas turbine debris blowers. Violations reported via cityofwhiteplains.com or (914) 422-1391.

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Bedford
Westchester County
Seasonal restriction under the town Noise Ordinance (Chapter 83). Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited year-round EXCEPT October 26–December 7 (fall cleanup window). Electric leaf blowers permitted year-round subject to hours-of-operation rules in §83-4.
Fines $250–$1,000; violators required to appear in court. Property owner/occupant and landscaping company both liable. Exemptions for golf courses, farms, housing complexes, and Town public-welfare use. Reporting: Bedford PD 914-241-3111 or Code Enforcement 914-864-3736.
Bronxville
Westchester County
Leaf blower restriction in place since 2001 under the village noise ordinance. Scope details need verification against current village code.
Roll-up source: NYS Turf and Landscape Association regulations summary. Needs follow-up against the current eCode360 text.
Croton-on-Hudson
Westchester County
Dual seasonal restriction. Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited June 1–August 31 and January 1–March 31. Electric permitted year-round within hours-of-operation rules.
Ordinance link pending.
Fines up to $250 per violation. Lots over 40,000 sq ft may apply for an exemption permit. School district property is exempt. This is the site host municipality.
Dobbs Ferry
Westchester County
Seasonal restriction. Gas-powered leaf blowers permitted only March 15–May 15 and October 15–December 15; electric allowed year-round with time restrictions. Originally enacted 2008, amended 2013 to align dates with neighboring Rivertowns for easier enforcement.
  • 2008 Passed — Original seasonal restriction ordinance
  • 2013 Effective
  • 2013 Amended — Dates realigned with neighboring Rivertowns for easier enforcement
Fines: $50 first offense, $250 each subsequent offense in the same calendar year.
Town of East Hampton
Suffolk County
Seasonal restriction adopted March 18, 2021. No gas- or diesel-powered blower use May 20–September 20. No blower of any type permitted on Sundays within that same window.
Hastings-on-Hudson
Westchester County
Effectively year-round restriction with a narrow fall window. Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited except October 15–December 31. Electric permitted year-round. Only one blower may operate at a time on lots up to one-half acre. Hours of operation limited to 9am–5pm.
Amended December 2023 to tighten the permitted window.
New Rochelle
Westchester County
Seasonal restriction. Leaf blowers prohibited June 1–September 30. Hours of operation are restricted during permitted periods (8am–5pm weekdays, 10am–5pm weekends).
Town of North Hempstead
Nassau County
Seasonal restriction targeting commercial landscapers. Gas-powered blower use by commercial operators prohibited June 15–September 15.
Ordinance link pending.
Restriction is on commercial use; residential use separately regulated.
Pelham
Westchester County
Leaf blower restriction in place since 2006 (Pelham and Pelham Manor). Scope details need verification.
Roll-up source: NYS Turf and Landscape Association regulations summary. Pelham Manor has its own distinct ordinance that should be tracked separately once confirmed.
Pleasantville
Westchester County
Seasonal restriction. Gas-powered leaf blowers prohibited May 15–September 30. Quiet-hours rules apply year-round.
Scarsdale
Westchester County
Leaf blower restriction originally enacted 1994, amended 2021. Scope details need verification against current village code.
Roll-up source: NYS Turf and Landscape Association regulations summary. Needs follow-up against the current village code.
Sleepy Hollow
Westchester County
Part-time / seasonal ban in place; was weighing full-ban expansion as of Feb 2026
  • 2010-07-27 Passed — Seasonal leaf blower law passed with amendments
  • 2010-10-01 Effective — Seasonal restriction took effect
Public hearing held February 2026; board kept hearing open an additional month and a decision was expected at the March 10, 2026 meeting. Outcome not yet confirmed on this site — needs verification against village records.
Tarrytown
Westchester County
Leaf blower restriction in place since 2008 under the village noise ordinance. Scope details need verification.
Roll-up source: NYS Turf and Landscape Association regulations summary.
Yonkers
Westchester County
Restriction in place since 2007 (noise-code-based). Separately, Yonkers operates an active rebate program: up to five rebates of $75 each per electric blower for landscaping companies.
Rebate program is a voluntary transition incentive layered on top of the underlying use restriction.

Considering a Ban

Huntington
Suffolk County
Full year-round ban passed but enforcement stayed. Effective date was January 1, 2026; Resolution 2026-77 (February 10, 2026) extended the stay on enforcement.
  • 2026-02-10 Paused — Resolution 2026-77 extended the stay on Section 141-4(N) enforcement
Ordinance drew organized opposition, including a petition with nearly 3,000 signatures.
New York City
New York
Int 1374-2025 pending before the City Council would amend the administrative code regarding the sale and use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers. Existing NYC Title 24 noise code regulates leaf blowers but does not ban gas equipment outright.
Successor effort to Int 0959-2023.
North Carolina 3 entries

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Chapel Hill
Orange County
Equal-application hours-of-operation and decibel-cap ordinance, not a fuel-source ban. Ordinance 2005-06-15/O-4 amends Chapter 11, Article III (Noise Control) to restrict leaf blowers and other motorized landscape equipment: permitted 8am–7pm weekdays, 9am–5pm weekends in residential zones, with a 65 dB(A) cap at the property line. Applies equally to gas and electric equipment.
  • 2005-06-15 Passed — Town Council adopted Ordinance 2005-06-15/O-4 amending Chapter 11 (Noise Control)
  • 2005-09-01 Effective — Ordinance took effect
  • 2021-05 Introduced — Resident Mary Cummings presented a 125-signature petition to Town Council
  • 2023-05-10 Phase milestone — Town Council unanimously approved ARPA-funded conversion of all town landscape equipment to electric
Adopted by Town Council June 15, 2005; effective September 1, 2005. The sole in-force municipal GLB-related ordinance in North Carolina. Chapel Hill's town attorney concluded at every post-2021 review (2021, 2023) that the town lacks statutory authority to impose a fuel-source ban under NCGS 160A-4 and the Lanvale Properties v. Cabarrus County (2012) plain-meaning doctrine. As a substitute: May 10, 2023 Town Council unanimously approved using ARPA funds to convert all town landscape equipment to electric. Southern Village HOA passed a private covenant resolution in May 2023, endorsed by then-Mayor Pam Hemminger. A 2021 resident petition (Mary Cummings, 125 signatures) documented indoor noise readings exceeding 80 dB.

No Ban

Durham
Durham County
No GLB ordinance in force. The Chapel Hill town attorney's statutory-authority interpretation has chilled comparable ordinance efforts across the Triangle. Durham has instead pursued municipal-operations electrification under its Carbon Neutrality and Renewable Energy Action Plan — including an ARPA-funded solar-battery landscape trailer deployed with the Downtown Landscape Crew.
  • 2021 Phase milestone — Municipal operations began converting to electric landscape equipment under Carbon Neutrality Plan
Research Triangle anchor city (~280,000). Mayor Leo Williams (elected December 2023). One of the most substantive city-operations landscape-equipment electrification commitments in the state. Not a regulatory action, but tracked here as a notable voluntary-transition data point.
Raleigh
Wake County
No GLB ordinance in force. Raleigh has pursued municipal-operations electrification under its Community Climate Action Plan — including a 4,700-vehicle fleet electrification plan and parks-division battery-equipment pilot.
  • 2023 Phase milestone — Parks division pilot of battery-powered landscape equipment launched
State capital (~470,000). Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin (or successor). The Raleigh-based Facebook group "Triangle Citizens for Silencing Leaf Blowers" is the only identified grassroots advocacy presence in North Carolina on this topic. No Quiet Clean Alliance member organization exists in NC as of April 2026.
Ohio 3 entries

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Cleveland Heights
Cuyahoga County
Equal-application hours rule, not fuel-source. Codified Ordinances 509.03 prohibits operation of any powered lawn mower, leaf blower, edger, chainsaw, or similar powered landscape equipment within 300 feet of any dwelling before 7am or after 9pm. Applies to gas and electric equally. No fuel-source ordinance has been introduced at Cleveland Heights City Council as of April 2026.
  • 2023 Phase milestone — Lawn Mower and Leaf Blower Exchange Program launched (30 gas mowers exchanged)
  • 2025-09-09 Phase milestone — Mayor Kahlil Seren recalled by 82% of voters — first mayoral recall in city history
  • 2026-05-07 Phase milestone — Third annual Exchange Program event — 50 DeWalt mowers + 20 DeWalt blowers to 70 residents
The Ohio flagship for GLB advocacy and incentive programs. Hosts Quiet Clean Heights — the only Ohio-based member of the national Quiet Clean Alliance. Runs the Lawn Mower and Leaf Blower Exchange Program (third annual iteration 2026: 70 residents, 50 DeWalt electric mowers + 20 DeWalt electric blowers; May 7, 2026 event). Mayor Kahlil Seren (D, 2022–2025) was recalled by 82% of voters September 9, 2025 — the first mayoral recall in Cleveland Heights history. Council President Tony Cuda became interim mayor. The Nutter Consulting Climate Action Plan contract is in limbo pending the 2026 mayoral race.
Shaker Heights
Cuyahoga County
Equal-application hours rule, not fuel-source. Noise ordinance prohibits operation of mechanically powered tools (snow blowers excepted) between 9pm–7am weekdays and before 9am on weekends. Ordinance 20579 (October 27, 2025) comprehensively rewrote the landscape ordinance — regulating tree-lawn plantings (24-inch height cap + 36-inch flower stems), grass-height maximum (6 inches), noxious weeds, and tree-stump removal — without adding fuel-source provisions.
  • 2025-10-27 Passed — City Council adopted Ordinance 20579 — landscape ordinance rewrite (no fuel-source provision)
The Sustainable Lawn Care guidance is advisory only: discouraging gas blowers ("60 minutes of gas leaf blower operation emits as much carbon monoxide as a car engine idling for 8 hours"), recommending rakes, battery-powered equipment, and home composting. Shaker Noise (shakernoise.org) is a local advocacy group active on noise issues but has not produced a fuel-source ordinance proposal adopted by Council.

No Ban

Oberlin
Lorain County
No GLB ordinance in force. The city operates the MOWElectric Program — the most generous municipal electric-lawn-equipment incentive in Ohio. $100 Oberlin E-Gift Card for electric lawnmower purchase, $50 for electric string trimmer, $50 for electric leaf blower. Eligibility requires purchase receipt + signed "Pledge to Scrap Old Gas-Powered Equipment."
  • 2020 Phase milestone — MOWElectric Program launched — $100/$50/$50 E-Gift Card rebates with gas-scrap pledge
Funded via Oberlin Municipal Light & Power System in partnership with the Green Edge Fund (an Oberlin College student-managed sustainability fund). Administered by Linda Arbogast, Sustainability Coordinator, Center for Sustainability. Structurally mirrors the MA/RI/MoCo/IL Northbrook rebate model. Oberlin College (enrollment ~3,000) parallels the commitment with its own operations electrification — two Ford E-Transit vans (March 2024), four GEM eL XD utility carts (April 2024), electric trimmers, weed-whackers, chainsaws. The college's carbon-neutrality-by-2025 target is the tightest of any Ohio institution.
Oregon 4 entries

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Multnomah County
Multnomah County
County operations only. December 16, 2021 Board of Commissioners resolution to phase gas-powered leaf blowers out of county operations before 2025. Not a full ordinance prohibiting private-party gas-blower use in unincorporated county areas.
  • 2021-12-16 Passed — Board of Commissioners adopted resolution to phase gas blowers out of county operations
  • 2024-07 Phase milestone — Launched Gas Powered Leaf Blower Project rebate (up to $24,950/business, DEQ-SEP funded)
Multnomah County also administers the Gas Powered Leaf Blower Project (Program #40037B, Office of Sustainability). Reimbursements up to $24,950 per Oregon-based landscaping business that uses gas leaf blowers in Multnomah County, with tiered incentives favoring smaller businesses and a recycling requirement. Funded by Oregon DEQ enforcement-action settlement funds under the Supplemental Environmental Project framework — a distinctive state-regulatory-touchpoint mechanism not seen elsewhere. Launched July 2024. County enforces Portland Ordinance 191653 under an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Portland.
Portland
Multnomah County
Phased ban under Ordinance 191653 (amending Portland City Code Title 17 under BPS / climate authority). Phase 1 in effect since January 1, 2026: gas-powered handheld and backpack leaf blowers permitted ONLY October 1–December 31 each year (9-month ban). Phase 2 effective January 1, 2028: year-round prohibition on all public and private property. Electric blowers permitted year-round subject to pre-existing Title 18.10.035 Approved Blower List noise regime (65 dBA at 50 ft stricter tier March 1–Oct 31; 70 dBA Nov 1–Feb 28). Property owners responsible for contractor compliance — penalties assessed against owners, not contractors (deliberate equity design to avoid penalizing immigrant landscape-worker crews).
  • 2022-12-09 Introduced — Joint City-County Leaf Blower Policy Work Group delivered recommendation report
  • 2024-03-13 Passed — City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 191653
  • 2026-01-01 Phase milestone — Phase 1 took effect — gas blowers permitted only October 1–December 31
  • 2026-01-28 Phase milestone — BPS administrative rules adopted
  • 2028-01-01 Effective — Phase 2 — year-round gas leaf blower ban takes effect
Adopted unanimously by City Council (5-0 under the prior commission-of-five) on March 13, 2024. Penalty schedule: written warning (1st), up to $250 (2nd), $500 (3rd), up to $1,000/day (4th+, each day separate). Enforcement delegated to Multnomah County via IGA. Administrative rules adopted by BPS on January 28, 2026. Policy history: first explored 2018 by Commissioner Nick Fish (d. Jan 2020) and Multnomah County Commissioner Jessica Vega Pederson; picked up 2021 by Commissioner Carmen Rubio; joint Leaf Blower Policy Work Group met March–October 2022 delivering a report Dec 9, 2022 that became Ordinance 191653. Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) awarded a $1M grant to the Portland Electric Landscaping Initiative — training curriculum + rebates for landscapers with ≤5 employees. Lead advocacy: Quiet Clean PDX (founded 2018), 21+ local orgs, 21+ neighborhood associations, OLCV, Verde, VOZ.

Considering a Ban

Eugene
Lane County
No ordinance in force. Sustainability Commission's Climate-Friendly Landscapes Committee recommends a phased restriction on GLB use (not a sales ban). Preparing two separate Council memos (leaf blowers; turf) and public information materials for community outreach.
  • 2025 Introduced — Sustainability Commission Climate-Friendly Landscapes Committee began drafting Council memos
Second-largest Oregon city (pop ~180,000), home of the University of Oregon. Committee specifically noted Portland and Lake Oswego pursued use-restriction approaches, and a sales ban near jurisdictions that don't ban sales would be less effective. City operations: Eugene Parks & Open Space is actively transitioning to battery electric equipment with some gas still used for fall leaf cleanup.
Lake Oswego
Clackamas County
No ordinance in force. 2025 City Council Goals formally include: "Develop an operational plan, potential code options and communications strategy to phase out use of gas-powered yard and lawn care equipment in Lake Oswego after the City of Portland's ban goes into effect." City survey: 55% of Lake Oswego residents support banning gas leaf blowers.
  • 2024 Introduced — City Council Goal Setting directed Sustainability Advisory Board to study Portland and evaluate Lake Oswego options
  • 2025 Introduced — City Council Goals formally include developing operational plan and code options
Supporting: Mayor Joe Buck ("This is like indoor smoking"), Councilor Trudy Corrigan, Councilor Massene Mboup. Opposing: Councilor Aaron Rapf, Councilor John Wendland. Sustainability Program Manager Amanda Watson identified 200+ existing U.S. local policies during staff review. Deliberate approach explicitly tied to monitoring Portland's Phase 1 rollout. Clearest follow-on candidate for the next Oregon municipal GLB ordinance.
Pennsylvania 7 entries

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Lower Merion Township
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania's first and only adopted GLB ordinance — phased in 2026–2029. Phase 1 (2026): gas blowers prohibited June 1–October 1. Phase 2 (2027): prohibited Jan 1–April 1 AND June 1–October 1. Phase 3 (2028): prohibited Jan 1–October 1 (permitted only Oct 2–Dec 31). Phase 4 (2029+): year-round prohibition. Applies to all persons and entities — residents, commercial landscapers, contractors, property maintenance personnel — with no residential/commercial distinction or property-size threshold. Exempts gas blower use during snowfall and within 24 hours after snow has ceased; electric blowers permitted year-round; gas-powered generators powering electric blowers are prohibited (anti-circumvention).
  • 2025-11-19 Passed — Board of Commissioners adopted ordinance 10–4
  • 2026-06-01 Effective — Phase 1: gas blowers prohibited June 1–October 1
  • 2027-01-01 Phase milestone — Phase 2: also prohibited January 1–April 1 (in addition to summer window)
  • 2028-01-01 Phase milestone — Phase 3: prohibited January 1–October 1; permitted only October 2–December 31
  • 2029-01-01 Phase milestone — Phase 4: year-round prohibition takes effect
Gas-powered leaf blowers banned; the details — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2025-11-20
Adopted by the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners 10–4 on November 19, 2025. Voting against: Commissioners Joshua Grimes, Daniel Bernheim, Louis Rossman, Scott Zelov. Penalty schedule: warning (1st), $100 (2nd within 1 year), $250 (3rd), $600 (4th+). Lower Merion's 60,000+ population and high-income Main Line demographic profile make it Pennsylvania's closest analogue to Greenwich, CT or Belmont, MA. The Sustainability Office runs a commercial landscape electrification resource page and cohosted an AGZA equipment demo with Haverford, Springfield (MontCo), and Narberth on June 17, 2025.
Media Borough
Delaware County
Limited time-of-day restriction. Media Borough Council enacted a partial restriction banning all leaf blowers (gas and electric) before 9 a.m. Monday through Friday during the school year. Functions as a school-hour noise-protection rule, not a gas-specific ban. Media has not adopted a full gas-specific GLB prohibition.
  • 2024 Passed — Borough Council enacted partial school-year, before-9am restriction on all leaf blowers
Driven by Media Borough Environmental Advisory Council and Transition Town Greater Media. Motivation cited: health hazards to schoolchildren walking past landscape crews.

Considering a Ban

Narberth Borough
Montgomery County
No ordinance in force. Borough Council held a detailed November 6, 2025 work session on a proposed phased GLB ordinance. Council President reported consensus to mirror Lower Merion's rollout timeline subject to legal-counsel review and directed staff to assemble enforcement and outreach plans, contractor-support materials, and a recommended electric-equipment list. Awaiting return of draft ordinance.
  • 2025-11-06 Introduced — Borough Council work session — consensus to mirror Lower Merion ordinance
Narberth cohosted the June 17, 2025 AGZA commercial-landscape electric-equipment demonstration with Lower Merion, Haverford, and Springfield (MontCo).
Newtown Township
Bucks County
No ordinance in force. Residents of the Friends Village retirement community testified before the Newtown Township Board of Supervisors in November 2024 requesting a two-year phase-out of gas leaf blowers, citing exhaust and noise as public-health and worker-safety concerns. Supervisors referred the matter to the Environmental Advisory Council for study. No ordinance introduced.
  • 2024-11 Introduced — Friends Village residents petitioned Board of Supervisors for a two-year phase-out
  • 2024-11 Paused — Supervisors referred the matter to the Environmental Advisory Council for study
Newtown is in Bucks County (not to be confused with Newtown in Delaware County, which has no GLB activity).
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
No ordinance in force. Bill 241131 (sponsor Councilmember Curtis Jones, Jr., District 4), introduced December 12, 2024, would amend Philadelphia Code Chapter 10-400 (Noise and Excessive Vibration) to prohibit the use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers. Bill is in the Committee on Public Safety; no hearings scheduled. Proposed effective date of December 2, 2025 has lapsed without enactment. Penalty: one warning, then $500 per subsequent violation.
  • 2024-12-12 Introduced — Councilmember Curtis Jones, Jr. introduced Bill 241131 amending Code Chapter 10-400
  • 2025-12-02 Paused — Proposed effective date lapsed without committee action
Cosponsors / endorsing electeds: State Rep. Darisha Parker (District 198), State Rep. Chris Rabb (District 200). Advocacy concentrated in Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill neighborhoods, led by Quiet Clean Philly (co-founder Anne Dicker). Chestnut Hill Community Association has not publicly endorsed the bill. Philadelphia is a consolidated city-county.
Radnor Township
Delaware County
No ordinance in force. Radnor Township Board of Commissioners has publicly confirmed it is "looking into doing something similar to Lower Merion's ordinance," citing noise and air-pollution concerns. No draft ordinance introduced or voted upon as of April 2026.
  • 2025 Introduced — Board of Commissioners publicly began exploring a Lower Merion-style ordinance
Swarthmore Borough
Delaware County
No ordinance in force. Spring 2024 council was on track to make Swarthmore PA's first municipality to ban two-stroke gas leaf blowers and string trimmers. Original four-year phase-in was narrowed to a leaf-blowers-only two-year adoption period in response to industry and resident pushback. After more than one hour of public testimony, Council tabled the ordinance at its June 3, 2024 meeting "until at least July." It has not returned for a vote.
  • 2024 Introduced — Borough Council on track to become first PA municipality with GLB ban
  • 2024-06-03 Paused — Council tabled the revised leaf-blower-only ordinance after extended public testimony
Lower Merion's November 2025 ordinance has displaced Swarthmore as Pennsylvania's GLB pioneer.
Rhode Island 1 entry
Rhode Island In force
$250K electric leaf blower rebate program (2025)
Enacted: 2025

Rhode Island appropriated $250,000 to an electric leaf blower rebate program in 2025 — the most concrete Northeast neighboring-state incentive action per CT OLR Report 2025-R-0139. Administered by the Office of Energy Resources (OER). No statewide use or sales restriction. Providence enacted a phased municipal ordinance (passed October 2, 2025) with city departments off gas by 2028 and a year-round ban taking effect January 1, 2033 — one of the longest phase-in windows in the country.

Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Providence
Providence County
Delayed phase-in. From 2028, gas blowers permitted only Oct 1–Dec 15; city departments stop using them in 2028; full year-round ban effective Jan 1, 2033.
  • 2025-10 Effective
  • 2025-10-02 Passed — Providence City Council vote
  • 2028-01-01 Phase milestone — City departments stop use; private use restricted to Oct 1–Dec 15
  • 2033-01-01 Effective — Full year-round ban takes effect
City Council Votes to Ban Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers — Providence City Council, 2025-10-02
The 2033 effective date means Providence will wait eight years between passing the ordinance and full enforcement. $100 fines per violation.
Texas 3 entries
Texas Preemption
SB 1017 + HB 2127 — fuel-source and "Death Star" preemption
Enacted: 2023-05-27 Effective: 2023-09-01

Two 88th-session (2023) bills legally stripped Texas cities of authority to adopt GLB ordinances. SB 1017 (Birdwell / Landgraf, signed May 27, 2023; effective September 1, 2023) added Ch. 247 to the Local Government Code prohibiting any political subdivision from regulating engines "based on its fuel source" — explicitly targeted at Dallas's pending phase-out plan. HB 2127, the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act ("Death Star"), creates field preemption across eight state codes with a private trade-association right of action; the Third Court of Appeals reversed a lower-court injunction July 18, 2025. Only decibel-cap workarounds (West University Place) and incentive programs (Austin Energy rebates) remain available.

SB 1017 — Texas LegislatureHB 2127 — Texas Regulatory Consistency Act

Partial or Seasonal Ban

West University Place
Harris County
Decibel-cap noise ordinance (not fuel-source), the Texas model for GLB regulation under state preemption. All leaf blowers must be manufacturer-certified to ≤70 dB(A) at 50 feet using the ANSI B175.2 standard. Expanded residential quiet hours: prohibited before 7am / after 7pm weekdays; before 8am / after 5pm Saturday; before noon / after 5pm Sunday and holidays. Applies equally to gas and electric equipment.
  • 2020-07-27 Passed — City Council adopted noise ordinance amendments including 70 dB(A)-at-50-ft leaf blower cap
  • 2021-05-03 Effective — Enforcement began
Ordinance amendments adopted July 27, 2020 by City Council; enforcement began May 3, 2021. Single clearest GLB-adjacent municipal ordinance in Texas. Compliant with SB 1017 (2023) preemption because it regulates sound level, not fuel source. A blanket decibel cap at a much lower threshold (e.g. 40 dB(A)) that effectively eliminated gas blowers would likely be challenged under SB 1017 Sec. 247.003(a)'s "indirectly" language — West U's 70 dB(A) cap is likely the outer boundary of what a Texas city can enforce without triggering preemption challenge.

Considering a Ban

Austin
Travis County
No ordinance in force. Council Member Ryan Alter's resolution 20240307-058 (March 7, 2024) expanded Austin Energy's Instant Savings rebate to cover battery lawn equipment ($25 mower, $15 trimmer, $15 blower) and directed staff to develop a "cash for clunkers" trade-in program. August 2024 follow-on continued the incentive-only design. The design is deliberately non-regulatory to avoid triggering SB 1017 / HB 2127 preemption challenges.
  • 2024-03-07 Introduced — CM Ryan Alter Resolution 20240307-058 expanded Austin Energy rebates and directed cash-for-clunkers program
  • 2024-08 Phase milestone — Follow-on resolution continued incentive-only design
The only actively working Texas city on GLB policy after Dallas was killed by SB 1017. Austin's approach is the incentive/procurement workaround template — rebates via the city-owned utility, Parks and Rec electrification, Austin Climate Equity Plan integration. Austin Sustainability Office coordinates. Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) has been transitioning to battery-electric equipment.

No Ban

Dallas
Dallas County
No GLB ordinance in force. Dallas Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability (OEQS) developed a phased GLB ban plan 2019–2023 under Council Member Paula Blackmon and OEQS Director Carlos Evans (city operations 2026; commercial 2024–2026; residential 2026). The plan was killed by SB 1017 (Texas preemption, May 2023) — Sen. Kelly Hancock had said of the Dallas process: "We just need to nip this in the bud before it starts." Dallas pivoted to a voluntary $150 voucher program to help residents and landscapers transition to electric equipment.
  • 2019 Introduced — OEQS began developing phased gas leaf blower ban plan under CM Paula Blackmon and Director Carlos Evans
  • 2023 Phase milestone — Dallas pivoted to voluntary $150 voucher program for electric equipment transition
  • 2023-02 Phase milestone — Evans presented phase-out plan to Council
  • 2023-05-27 Paused — Governor Abbott signed SB 1017, preempting Dallas's phase-out plan
Texas preempts Dallas leaf blower ban (SB 1017) — Dallas Morning News, 2023-06-14
The clearest case study in the nation of a state legislature preemptively killing a municipal GLB ban process. OEQS Director Carlos Evans departed January 8, 2025. FY24-FY25 Dallas budgets retained the voluntary voucher commitment. Dallas is one of the lead plaintiff cities in the Houston v. State of Texas HB 2127 litigation.
Vermont 3 entries
Vermont State procurement
Act 154 Sec. E.112 — state procurement directive
Enacted: 2020-10-01

Vermont's FY2021 Appropriations Act ("Big Bill"), 2020 Acts No. 154 Sec. E.112, directs the Department of Buildings and General Services (BGS) to "only purchase, lease, or acquire battery-electric lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and trimmers" starting October 1, 2020, provided a functional equivalent is available. This is a state-grounds procurement rule, not a public-facing ban. The dominant Vermont policy mechanism is the utility-rebate / voluntary-transition ecosystem under Tier III RES (30 V.S.A. § 8005), covering all 17 VT electric utilities. Burlington is the only Vermont municipality with a binding GLB ordinance.

2020 Acts No. 154 (PDF)

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Burlington
Chittenden County
Seasonal ban with year-round decibel cap. Memorial Day–Labor Day: only electric/battery-powered leaf blowers permitted, ≤65 dB(A), one blower at a time on lots ≤5,000 sq ft. Labor Day–Memorial Day: gas blowers permitted only if EPA Class 4 (post-Jan 2005) or Class 5 (post-Jan 2008), with manufacturer-rated ≤65 dB(A), full muffler, and extension tube. Year-round: any blower exceeding 65 dB(A) violates Section 21-13 of the noise ordinance.
  • 2020-01-21 Introduced — First reading at City Council
  • 2021-04-12 Passed — City Council adopted ordinance unanimously
  • 2021-08-01 Phase milestone — City departments stop using gas blowers
  • 2021-09-06 Phase milestone — Landscapers servicing >10 properties subject to ordinance
  • 2021-12-31 Phase milestone — Smaller landscapers (≤10 properties) subject to ordinance
  • 2022-05-31 Effective — Full residential effective date
Burlington Code of Ordinances Chapter 21, Section 21-14 ("Express Prohibitions – Leaf Blowers"). Adopted unanimously by City Council April 12, 2021 (sponsor: Councilor Karen Paul, Ward 6). Phased rollout: city departments Aug 1, 2021; landscapers >10 properties Sept 6, 2021; smaller landscapers Dec 31, 2021; full residential effective May 31, 2022. Minimum fine $100 per violation. Enforced by Burlington Police Department (non-emergency 802-658-2704). The only Vermont municipality with a binding GLB ordinance. Supports Burlington's Net Zero Energy City by 2030 goal.

No Ban

Stowe
Lamoille County
No bylaw or ordinance in force. The Stowe Selectboard publicly declined to adopt a town-wide noise ordinance, citing the complexity of decibel-based measurement and the broad applicability concerns of regulating all residents.
Notable as a tourism-adjacent town that has resisted regulation despite letters-to-the-editor pressure in Stowe Reporter. Stowe Police have publicly stated noise-complaint arrests or charges are rare. The clearest Vermont example of a noise-sensitive town choosing not to regulate.
Woodstock
Windsor County
No GLB-specific ordinance. Woodstock Village Ordinance (adopted June 11, 2013) Section 5308(g) explicitly exempts lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, weed whackers, chain saws, and leaf blowers from noise restrictions when operated 7am–9pm Mon–Sat or 8am–9pm Sun.
Demo-forward, no-ordinance posture. Woodstock hosted a Commercial E-Lawn Equipment Demo in collaboration with the Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) and Vermont Clean Cities Coalition to accelerate voluntary transition.
Virginia 7 entries
Virginia Guidance
Dillon Rule + Miyares 2024 AG opinion
Enacted: 2024-08

As a Dillon Rule state, Virginia localities cannot ban anything without express General Assembly grant — producing an unbroken six-session losing streak of GLB enabling bills (HB 1337 2022; HB 644/SB 305 2024; SB 1171 2025; HB 881/SB 687 2026), blocked primarily by the Stihl-anchored Virginia Manufacturers Association. The August 2024 Attorney General Miyares advisory opinion unlocked a noise-ordinance pathway, telling Alexandria it could regulate GLBs through its existing noise-ordinance power without waiting for enabling legislation. That opinion produced Alexandria's Ordinance 5588 (May 2025) and Arlington County's 2026 drafting process.

AG Miyares opinion (PDF)

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Alexandria
Virginia
Virginia's first and only in-force GLB ordinance. Ordinance No. 5588 amends Alexandria City Code Title 11, Chapter 5 (Noise Ordinance) to prohibit use of gas-powered leaf blowers and vacuums citywide. Phased rollout: city operations effective July 1, 2026 (1-year transition); public/commercial effective November 17, 2026 (18-month transition). Electric blowers permitted, subject to existing time-of-day noise provisions.
  • 2025-01-28 Introduced — Council directed staff to draft ordinance after Miyares opinion + petition
  • 2025-05-17 Passed — City Council adopted Ordinance 5588 unanimously at second reading
  • 2026-07-01 Phase milestone — City operations effective date (1-year transition)
  • 2026-11-17 Effective — Public and commercial use prohibition takes effect
AG Miyares opinion — local GLB regulation authority — Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, 2024-08
Adopted unanimously at second reading May 17, 2025 (first reading May 10, 2025). Enabled by the August 2024 Attorney General Jason Miyares opinion that Alexandria could regulate GLBs through its existing noise-ordinance power without waiting for General Assembly enabling legislation. $75,000 allocated in FY 2026 for city-department equipment transition. Enforcement by Department of Transportation & Environmental Services (DOTES) and Alexandria Police. Communications plan launched summer 2025; Clean Air Partners signed as leaf-blower exchange program partner. Lead advocacy: Quiet Alexandria (pediatrician Samantha Ahdoot) and Quiet Clean NOVA.
Fairfax County
Fairfax County
County facilities and properties only — no private-property ordinance. Adopted by Board of Supervisors in November 2021 (vote 9–1, Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Springfield) dissenting). Sponsor: Supervisor James Walkinshaw (D-Braddock). Scope covers 133 gas-powered county-owned leaf blowers being replaced with battery-powered units as they retire over a ~10-year lifespan.
  • 2021-11 Passed — Board of Supervisors adopted county-facilities GLB transition 9–1
Tied to the Community-wide Energy and Climate Action Plan; emissions from handheld GLBs cited as 23x a Ford F-150's CO2 per hour. County is waiting on the Salim/Sullivan General Assembly enabling bill before extending to private property. November 21, 2023 public hearing featured Quiet Clean NOVA testimony for local control.

Considering a Ban

Arlington County
Arlington County
No private-property ordinance enacted. County staff has recommended a year-round GLB ban with a three-year phase-out. County Board work session February 24, 2026 surfaced no Board pushback. Final adoption expected later in 2026 via the noise-ordinance pathway opened by the Miyares opinion (transferability to Arlington characterized by ARLnow as "uncertain" but the intended replicable path).
  • 2025 Phase milestone — County operations transitioned all non-emergency handheld landscaping equipment to electric
  • 2026-02-24 Introduced — County Board work session — staff recommendation: year-round ban with 3-year phase-out
County operations transition completed in 2025 — all non-emergency handheld landscaping equipment moved from gas to electric. Arlington Park and Recreation Commission unanimously endorsed the phase-out October 28, 2025. Climate Change, Energy and Environment Commission urged rapid Alexandria-style action. Public survey on transition-period length ran through October 29, 2025. Lead advocacy: EcoAction Arlington, Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions Arlington Hub, Sierra Club Potomac River Group, Quiet Clean NOVA (founded by Joan Lowy in 2021).
City of Fairfax
Virginia
No GLB ordinance enacted. July 8, 2025 work session reviewed a modernized noise-ordinance package (first major update since 2010) that includes time-of-day restrictions on amplified sound, animal noise, commercial loading, and a "mechanical equipment" clause. On leaf blowers specifically, staff recommended only "a pilot for city equipment, monitor the Alexandria thing and see how that shakes out."
  • 2025-07-08 Introduced — Council work session on modernized noise ordinance with GLB pilot recommendation
Mayor Catherine Read; City Attorney Brian Lubkeman. The 2026 General Assembly legislative priority list includes a request for local GLB control authority.
Falls Church
Virginia
No GLB ordinance enacted. October 28, 2025 Council discussion: Mayor Letty Hardi publicly stated "We don't have authority to outright ban them"; Council deferred substantive action until early 2026. Discussion scheduled for the January 5, 2026 organizational meeting of the newly seated Council; options expected early 2026.
  • 2025-10-28 Introduced — Council deferred substantive GLB action until early 2026
Mayor Letty Hardi; City Attorney Sally Gilette; City Manager Wyatt Shields. Both 2025 and 2026 General Assembly legislative priorities included local-GLB-control requests. City Attorney Gilette has noted the Alexandria-style noise-ordinance route could work as a fallback if the GA bill fails — would require changing violation classifications from criminal to civil.
Richmond
Virginia
No GLB ordinance enacted. Councilor Andrew Breton (1st District) explored a noise-ordinance-route ban in July 2025 based on the Alexandria/Miyares framework. After mixed constituent feedback, Breton publicly deprioritized in 2025: "I thought it was worth a look. But it's not a universally supported move." He remains open to a smaller city-operations transition.
  • 2025 Paused — Breton publicly deprioritized after mixed constituent feedback
  • 2025-07 Introduced — Councilor Andrew Breton explored noise-ordinance-route ban
A nascent Quiet Clean NOVA "Richmond chapter" was under discussion at the March 19, 2025 planning meeting to help counter the "niche Northern Virginia issue" opposition frame.

No Ban

Town of Vienna
Fairfax County
No GLB ordinance enacted. Town Council voted 6–1 against proposed amendments on December 8, 2025. The rejected amendments would have expanded lawn-care equipment restrictions (multiple pieces before 8am) and added federal-holiday Sunday rules — not a full GLB ban. Existing Vienna Town Code §10-20.1 limits lawn equipment to 7am–8pm Mon–Fri, 8am–8pm Sat and federal holidays, no Sunday for paid contractors (residents on own yard exempt).
  • 2025-04 Introduced — Council work session opened consideration of expanded restrictions
  • 2025-12-08 Paused — Council voted 6–1 against proposed amendments
Council members named in debate: Howard Springsteen (hesitant); Jessica Ramakis (wanted noise study first); Chuck Anderson (introduced the April 2025 work session). Public testimony divided: residents advocated for full GLB ban; landscapers (Wheat's Landscaping; Prestige Lawn & Landscape) opposed restrictions.
Washington 5 entries

Partial or Seasonal Ban

Clyde Hill
King County
Equal-application hours-of-operation and decibel-based noise restriction, not a fuel-source ban. Clyde Hill Municipal Code Chapter 8.10 prohibits leaf blower operation outside 7am–6pm weekdays (holiday exemption), 10am–4pm Saturdays/Sundays/holidays, with a 45 dBA receiving-property ceiling that exempts equipment from hour restrictions if met. Covers electric, gas, and alternative-fuel blowers in the definition.
  • 2024 Introduced — Gas-GLB-specific ban proposal brought before City Council; still under review
Ultra-wealthy Eastside village (pop ~3,300). A gas-GLB-specific ban proposal has been before council in 2024–2025; no ordinance enacted. Structurally similar to Wallingford CT and Decatur GA — the existing rule is sound-level and hours, not fuel source.

Considering a Ban

Bainbridge Island
Kitsap County
No binding ordinance in force. A draft ordinance to ban gas and diesel leaf blowers starting July 2027 was on the council agenda in May–June 2025. At the June 10, 2025 meeting, City Manager Blair King was directed to do additional work; at the July 22, 2025 meeting, the council approved formation of an ad hoc subcommittee (Councilors Joe Deets, Kirsten Hytopoulos, Moriwaki) to review a future ordinance. Enforcement would target property owners rather than workers.
  • 2025-05 Introduced — Draft ordinance to ban gas and diesel leaf blowers starting July 2027 introduced
  • 2025-07-22 Phase milestone — Council approved ad hoc subcommittee (Councilors Deets, Hytopoulos, Moriwaki) to review ordinance
Progressive Puget Sound island. The closest Washington municipality to adoption. Subcommittee work continuing through 2026. If adopted, would likely be Washington's first binding private-property GLB ordinance.
Kirkland
King County
No binding ordinance in force. The Electric Leaf Blower Initiative (ELBI) launched 2022 is the deepest municipal program infrastructure in Washington around an aspirational resolution. Resolution R-5585 (2022) set a December 31, 2025 target for a gas leaf blower ban; that target passed without an ordinance. Council in 2025 deferred binding action to pilot programs and a rebate program.
  • 2022 Introduced — City adopted Resolution R-5585 launching the Electric Leaf Blower Initiative (ELBI)
  • 2025-12-31 Paused — December 31, 2025 target for gas leaf blower ban passed without ordinance; council deferred to pilots
Eastside tech suburb. Quiet Clean Kirkland is the lead grassroots advocacy group. Former State Senator Ross Hunter advocated publicly in 2022. District 48 Rep. Amy Walen (chief sponsor of failed state HB 1868 and HB 2051) represents Kirkland.
Medina
King County
No binding ordinance in force. City Council adopted Resolution No. 435 on September 11, 2023 targeting a 2028 community-wide phase-out of gas-powered leaf blowers. Implementation drifting per November 2025 council update.
  • 2023-09-11 Introduced — City Council adopted Resolution No. 435 targeting 2028 community-wide phase-out
Ultra-wealthy Eastside Lake Washington suburb (pop ~3,000; median home value $5M+, home of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates). Demographically the WA analogue to Chevy Chase Village MD, Greenwich CT, or Palm Beach FL. Public Works has transitioned municipal equipment; advocacy base is strong but council has not moved to a binding ordinance.
Seattle
King County
No binding ordinance in force. City Council unanimously adopted Resolution 32064 in September 2022 (aspirational only) — targeting a 2025 city-operations phase-out and a 2027 community-wide phase-out. Implementation is slipping: city-operations target already past. Mayor Harrell issued an Executive Order May 26, 2023 directing departments to accelerate. Existing Seattle Municipal Code 25.08 provides a noise-based regime applicable equally to gas and electric blowers.
  • 2022-09 Introduced — City Council unanimously adopted Resolution 32064 (aspirational) — 2025 city-ops / 2027 community targets
  • 2023-05-26 Phase milestone — Mayor Harrell Executive Order directing departments to accelerate transition
Sponsor: Councilmember Alex Pedersen. Largest Washington city, structural national peer of Portland. The 2026 Phase 1 of Portland's ordinance is the most likely catalyst for Seattle to translate Resolution 32064 into binding code. Mayor Bruce Harrell re-elected 2025. Seattle Green New Deal Oversight Board has monitored implementation but not advanced a binding ordinance.