Dunwoody, GA Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)

Dunwoody's landscape-noise rule sits in § 18-19(b)(10)b, a companion clause to the general construction-hours rule in the same subsection. on Saturdays, and at any time on Sundays and the same six legal holidays used elsewhere in the noise ordinance: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The clause does not distinguish gas-powered from electric equipment or set a decibel limit; it is purely a scheduling restriction tied to the type of user, landscape contractors, and the type of equipment, motorized mowers and mechanical blowers plus similarly loud gear.

Because it is one of the 17 enumerated per se violations in § 18-19(b), running a crew's blowers or mowers outside the listed hours is treated the same way as an illegal loudspeaker or construction noise complaint. The formal exception process in subsection (d), which lets an applicant seek approval to work outside standard hours, is written for commercial, office, institutional, and industrial construction-related activities reviewed by the Community Development Director and chief of police, a description tied to construction rather than routine landscaping, so contractors should not assume it covers early or late mowing and blowing.