Seasonal Ban on Fuel-Powered Leaf Blowers – To Take Effect May 2023

On June 27, 2022 the Village Board of Trustees passed Local Law 4 of 2022 to ban fuel-powered leaf blowers from May 15th to September 30th each year. The law would go into effect in May of 2023. Electric and battery-operated leaf blowers are not impacted by this ban.

Incorporated into the local law was a change to ‘quiet hours’ on weekends and holidays. The use and operation of lawn mowers, motorized leaf blowers and all similar machines deployed for outdoor property maintenance on weekends and holidays will be prohibited between 5pm-9am. The prohibited hours on weekends and holidays had been between 7pm-9am. This would go into effect upon the law’s filing with New York State, which typically takes 1 to 2 months. Further updates to be provided.

The full text of the local law can be found here:

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