Billings sets no leaf-blower ban. Grounds-maintenance noise, including leaf blowers and mowers, is exempt from decibel limits between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Motorized lawnmowers fitted with equipment-type mufflers are specifically exempt in those hours. No separate county leaf-blower rule exists.
Billings City Code Sec. 17-104(4) exempts noise from motorized lawnmowers fitted with equipment-type mufflers between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., and Sec. 17-104(5) exempts grounds-maintenance noise in the same window. There is no decibel cap on this equipment during exempt hours. Running loud lawn or blower equipment before 7:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. loses the exemption and can be cited under the general prohibition (Sec. 17-102). Unincorporated Yellowstone County has no leaf-blower ordinance; the county sets no rule here.
Leaf-blower or mower noise outside the exempt hours may be cited as a misdemeanor under the general noise prohibition (Sec. 17-102, penalties per Sec. 1-110).
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