Daly City, CA Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Local leaf blower ordinance
- None
- Practical limit
- Quiet hours 10:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m.
- Gas equipment sales
- New small engines zero-emission (2024+)
- State law
- Health and Safety Code 43018.11
Summary
No Daly City-specific ordinance directly addresses leaf blowers; the municipal code's only noise controls are the general disturbing-the-peace rules of Chapter 9.22, so blowers cannot be run audibly off-property from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. State law now requires new small engines to be zero-emission.
By July 1, 2022, the state board shall, consistent with federal law, adopt cost-effective and technologically feasible regulations to prohibit engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small off-road engines ... Those regulations shall apply to engines produced on or after January 1, 2024, or as soon as the state board determines is feasible, whichever is later.
Full Breakdown
Daly City's municipal code contains no leaf-blower-specific restrictions, and the City's Serramonte DEIR confirms the code sets no quantitative sound limits at all. Leaf blower use is therefore governed by the general rules: Section 9.22.010 bars disturbing the public peace at any hour, and Section 9.22.030 bars noise audible beyond the property between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. At the state level, Health and Safety Code Section 43018.11 (AB 1346, 2021) required the California Air Resources Board to adopt regulations prohibiting exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small off-road engines, the category that includes gas leaf blowers, applying to engines produced on or after January 1, 2024. That rule affects the sale of new gas-powered equipment, not the use of equipment residents already own.
Violations & Fines
There is no leaf-blower citation in Daly City; operation that disturbs the public peace (Section 9.22.010) or is audible beyond the property between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. (Section 9.22.030) is enforceable as disturbing the peace.
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