Neither West Virginia nor unincorporated Kanawha County bans or restricts leaf blowers. Gas blowers are legal, limited only by the general disorderly-conduct noise law if used to disturb neighbors late at night.
West Virginia has not followed states like California in restricting gas-powered small engines, and Kanawha County adds no leaf-blower ordinance in its unincorporated areas. In Appalachian hardwood country the fall leaf load is heavy, and blowers see constant use on the county's steep lots. You can run one on your own property during normal hours without a county violation. The only real limit is timing: noise deliberately disturbing a neighbor late at night could draw a Sheriff response under W. Va. Code §61-6-1b. HOA landscaping covenants are usually stricter than anything the county imposes.
No county penalty targets leaf blowers. Late-night use that disturbs neighbors can be handled as disorderly conduct under §61-6-1b. HOA fines are enforced separately by the association.
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