The ban was intended to address two separate concerns. Officials enact sweeping ban on common yard maintenance practice — and ...

Gas-powered leaf blowers are officially banned in residential areas of Annapolis. Ordinance 28-83, passed by the Annapolis City Council in 2024, establishes maximum noise levels that vary by zone.

Loosening: Indicates the speed of removing embedded leaf particles from the ... meet common municipal limits of 65 decibels (dBA). On an electric blower or a variable throttle on a gas-powered ...

Loosening: Indicates the speed of removing embedded leaf particles from the ... meet common municipal limits of 65 decibels (dBA). On an electric blower or a variable throttle on a gas-powered ...

Ruth Carnovi, director of advocacy for the American Lung Association, cites data from California, where electric leaf blowers are banned, that operating a commercial leaf blower for one hour is ...

Enforcement of Annapolis' ban on gas-powered leaf blowers begins, focusing on noise and air pollution reduction.

Voters in Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, and West Tisbury all passed a phased-in ban of gas-powered leaf blowers at their respective ...

Gas-powered leaf blowers are around 90 decibels loud, which is enough to cause permanent hearing loss if there’s prolonged exposure, according to the association. And using a commercial leaf ...

Electric lawn care devices have emerged as an attractive alternative to their gas-guzzling counterparts, and Austin now ...