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Is the use of leaf blowers allowed in Claremont?
The use of gas-powered leaf blowers is prohibited in all areas of the city. However, electric- or battery-powered leaf blowers can be used.CLAREMONT ORDINANCE 8.24.010
Gas Blowers Banned
A. "Leaf blower" means any air blowing machine which uses a concentrated stream of air to blow leaves, grass cuttings, trash, or other debris."
and:
"Internal combustion engine (gasoline) powered leaf blowers"
8.24.010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter:
B. "Parcel" means an area of real property as defined by the Los Angeles County Recorder.
C. "Power yard maintenance equipment" means any engine driven device or machine used primarily for the maintenance of lawns, shrubs, trees, or other landscaping. (Ord. 90-29 § 2 (part), 1990)
8.24.020 Leaf blower use.
Leaf blowers powered by installed line current or by battery may be used in the city subject to the provisions of this chapter not withstanding the noise standards in Chapter 5 of the Land Use and Development Code. Internal combustion engine (gasoline) powered leaf blowers shall be prohibited in the city after March 1, 1991. (Ord. 90-29 § 2 (part), 1990)
8.24.030 Permitted hours of operation.
Electric or battery powered leaf blowers may be operated only between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 pm., seven days per week. (Ord. 90-29 § 2 (part), 1990)
8.24.040 Requirements for use in residential areas.
A. No leaf blower shall be operated for more than fifteen minutes per hour on any one parcel.
B. No leaves or other debris shall be blown into the street, sidewalk, or beyond the parcel property line.
C. The full blower nozzle extension shall be used for maximum efficiency and to minimize the spread of dust.
D. When leaf blowers are used in dusty conditions, surfaces shall be moistened prior to blowing or a mister used during blowing.
E. After leaf blower use, debris shall be disposed in trash receptacles.
F. Leaf blowers shall be in proper working order and all manufacturer’s noise and dust control equipment on the leaf blower shall remain on the blower and be in operating condition.
G. Leaf blower users shall operate the leaf blower with the least amount of noise and at the lowest speed possible and keep use time as short as possible.
H. Commercial leaf blower operators shall have in their possession a Claremont business license available for inspection on site. (Ord. 90-29 § 2 (part), 1990)
8.24.050 Prohibition of leaf blowers on city property.
Use of any type of leaf blower on any city owned or maintained property is prohibited. (Ord. 90-29 § 2 (part), 1990)
8.24.060 Violation and penalty.
No person, whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, shall violate, cause the violation, or otherwise fail to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter. Any violation of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1.12 of this code. (Ord. 90-29 § 2 (part), 1990)
Dana Point
Ordinance No. 01-18 or 91-18
Adding Chapter 6.20:
HOURS AND DECIBEL RESTRICTIONS
6.20.010 Definitions
(b) "Leaf Blower" means any portable power equipment designed or operated to produce a current of air by fuel, electricity, or other means to push, propel, or blow dust, leaves, grass clippings, cuttings, and trimming from trees and shrubs or other debris."
and See 6.20.016 below regarding Dana Point Public Nuisance law.
"Whereas, in order to control unnecessary, excessive, and annoying noise, dust, and debris in the City of Dana Point, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the City to regulate such noise, dust, and other debris generated by the use of leaf blowers."
Title 6 HEALTH AND SANITATION
6.20.012 Regulations on Leaf Blower Operation.
(a) In residential areas, the use and operation of leaf blowers is prohibited except during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The use and operation of leaf blowers is further prohibited on any day which is a legal holiday identified in this Code. For commercial, industrial, and recreational areas within two hundred (200¢) feet of a residential area, the restricted hours of operation noted above shall apply.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person operating a leaf blower to create any noise exceeding the following decibel levels when measured at a distance of fifty (50¢) feet from such leaf blower:
(1) New leaf blowers purchased, leased, or rented on or after a date three (3) months from the effective date of this Chapter shall not exceed a noise level of 70 dba.
(2) New leaf blowers purchased, leased, or rented on or after forty-eight (48) months from the effective date of this Chapter shall not exceed a noise level of 65 dba.
(3) All leaf blowers other than those specified at Subparagraphs (1) and (2) hereinabove shall not exceed a noise level of 70 dba on or after one year from the effective date of this Chapter.
I Any person using or operating a leaf blower shall not cause dirt, dust, debris, leaves, grass clippings, cuttings, or trimmings from trees or shrubs to be blown or deposited on any adjacent or other parcel, land, lot, street, alley, or gutter from which the leaf blower is being used or operated. Deposits of dirt, dust, leaves, grass clippings, debris, cuttings, or trimmings from trees or shrubs shall be removed and disposed of in a sanitary manner, to prevent dispersement by wind, vandalism, or similar means.
(d) Each commercially operated leaf blower shall have affixed on it the business name, address, and telephone number in a clear, identifying manner.
6.20.014 Violations–Infractions.
(a) Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of an infraction, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an amount not exceeding fifty ($50.00) dollars. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
(b) Any person convicted of a violation of this Chapter more than three (3) times in any calendar year shall be deemed guilty of an infraction as defined in Section 1.01.220(b) of this Code and subject to punishment in accordance with Section 1.01.220(b) of this Code.
Dana Point:
6.20.016 Violations–Additional Remedies–Injunctions–Public Nuisance.
(a) As an additional remedy, the operation of any leaf blower in violation of any provision of this Chapter which operation causes discomfort or annoyance to reasonable persons of normal sensitiveness or which endangers the comfort, repose, health, or peace of residents in the area, shall be deemed and is declared to be a public nuisance and may be subject to abatement summarily by a restraining order or injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) Any violation of this Chapter is declared to be a public nuisance and may be abated in accordance with law. The expense of such abatement may be by Resolution of the City Council, declared to be a lien against the property in which such nuisances are maintained, and such lien shall be made a personal obligation of the property owner.