Kootenai County has no ordinance banning or time-restricting leaf blowers. Their use is limited only by Idaho's general disturbing-the-peace statute (18-6409). Incorporated cities may set their own equipment-noise or quiet-hour rules that reach leaf blowers.
No countywide Kootenai County code section specifically regulates gas or electric leaf blowers, hours of use, or decibel output in unincorporated areas. Leaf-blower noise that maliciously and willfully disturbs a neighborhood could still be cited as disturbing the peace under Idaho Code 18-6409. Cities within the county set their own noise chapters and may restrict powered yard equipment to daytime hours. If you are inside Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden or another city, check that city's noise code for any equipment-specific limits.
No county leaf-blower penalty exists. Disturbing-the-peace citations under 18-6409 are a misdemeanor; city equipment-noise rules carry municipal fines.
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