Cumberland County has no leaf-blower ordinance and no county code of ordinances at all. Any restriction on leaf-blower hours, decibel limits, or gas-versus-electric use is set by individual municipalities under 30-A MRS § 3001 home-rule authority. Statewide, the 17-A MRS § 501-A disorderly-conduct floor still applies.
Cumberland County does not regulate landscape equipment. Of the county's 28 municipalities, only a handful (notably Portland) have considered or adopted gas-powered leaf-blower restrictions; most rely on their general noise ordinances and quiet-hours provisions to limit early-morning or late-evening leaf-blower use. The Maine Legislature has not enacted statewide leaf-blower hour limits; equipment must, however, meet EPA Small Off-Road Engine (SORE) emissions standards under 40 CFR Part 1054 and may not produce 'loud and unreasonable' noise in violation of 17-A MRS § 501-A. Check your municipal code (Portland Chapter 17, South Portland Chapter 14, etc.) for any local time-of-day window or decibel cap.
There is no county-level leaf-blower penalty. Municipal noise-ordinance violations are civil infractions typically running $50-$300 for first offense in Cumberland County towns. Statewide disorderly-conduct citations under 17-A MRS § 501-A are Class E crimes punishable by up to 6 months in jail (17-A MRS § 1604(1)(E)).
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