Caddo Parish, LA Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)

Section 32-52(f)(12), part of the parish's general 'unreasonably loud, disturbing or unnecessary noise' ordinance, singles out 'blowers and similar devices': in a residential or noise-sensitive area, between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., 'the operation of any noise-creating blower, power fan, or any internal combustion engine, the operation of which causes noise due to the explosion of operating gases or fluids,' is a per se violation whenever the noise 'can be heard across the property line of the property from which it emanates.' The parish's later, dedicated noise ordinance layers on more specific hours for yard equipment generally.

Section 32-164(11)(a) bars commercial and industrial use of power tools and landscaping or yard-maintenance equipment within 250 feet of a regulated receiver between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and federal holidays, unless the equipment meets the article's decibel limits, and requires a muffler on all motorized equipment used. Section 32-164(11)(b) gives homeowners doing their own noncommercial yard work a narrower quiet window, 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m., again unless the applicable decibel limits in § 32-163 are met.

Emergency work is exempt from both sets of hours. Because § 32-52 sits in the general nuisance article, penalized through § 32-1's reference to § 1-8, while §§ 32-163 and 32-164 belong to the parish's 2011 comprehensive noise ordinance, penalized under § 32-166, a leaf-blower complaint in the unincorporated parish can be pursued under either provision depending on the facts.