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.

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

Leaf blowers are notoriously loud. They're one of the loudest domestic tools, routinely reaching 90 or even 100 decibels.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...