Charlotte, NC Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)

, inside the same residentially-zoned-area-or-300-foot-radius framework that governs the rest of the section's curfew. The ordinance doesn't list leaf blowers by name, but "other domestic tools out-of-doors" is broad enough to reach any gas or electric yard tool used outside during the barred hours, not just mowers. still violates the section even if it wouldn't register above any specific dB(A) threshold; the ordinance regulates the hour, not the loudness, for these four listed activities. window, daytime and evening yard work isn't capped by a fixed schedule, but Section 15-63(b) still applies its general 70 db(A) property-line threshold to any mechanical noise "other than that regulated in subsection (a)," which can reach an unusually loud gas blower running at length during the day if a neighbor complains and the reading, taken with an ANSI-standard sound meter under Section 15-62, exceeds the cap. Subsection (c) exempts emergency work and city or utility crews operating at night under specific DOT-related or service-continuity findings. 00.