Acworth, GA Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)

Acworth Code of Ordinances § 54-46, titled "Blowers," is a general equipment-noise rule rather than a leaf-blower-specific curfew. It makes it a violation to operate any noise-creating blower or power fan, or any internal combustion engine that produces noise from the explosion of operating gases or fluids, unless the blower or fan's noise is muffled and the engine carries a muffler device sufficient to deaden the noise. A gasoline-powered leaf blower is exactly the kind of noise-creating power equipment the section addresses, since it runs on an internal combustion engine and produces exhaust and fan noise, but the text imposes a muffling standard rather than restricting the hours in which such equipment may run.

That means Acworth residents and landscaping crews are not bound by a specific start or stop time for leaf blowers under this section; the operative question is whether the equipment's blower, fan or engine is adequately muffled to deaden its noise. ) and the Article's general exceptions in § 54-47 for city vehicles, emergency street repairs, and permitted itinerant performers, none of which extend an hours-based carve-out to blowers specifically. The provision derives from Code 1983 § 13-29(16). 00, imprisonment up to six months, or city labor up to 60 days, with each day of unmuffled operation a separate offense, prosecuted in Acworth Municipal Court.