Eastvale Municipal Code 8.52.020(10) exempts property-maintenance equipment such as lawnmowers and leaf blowers from the noise ordinance as long as the work occurs between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. There is no city ban on gas leaf blowers, but California's AB 1346 / CARB rule bars the sale of new gas-powered units from model year 2024 on.
Eastvale does not have a stand-alone leaf-blower ordinance. Instead, its noise ordinance addresses landscaping noise through an exemption: EMC 8.52.020(10) exempts 'property maintenance, including, but not limited to, the operation of lawnmowers, leaf blowers, etc.,' provided the maintenance occurs between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Outside that 7 a.m.-8 p.m. window the exemption is lost and the equipment becomes subject to the general exterior sound-level limits in EMC 8.52.040 (for example, 55 dB Lmax daytime / 45 dB Lmax nighttime at a residence). So in effect leaf blowers and mowers are allowed only between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. in Eastvale. At the state level, California AB 1346 (Berman, 2021) directed the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to set zero-emission standards for new small off-road engines (SORE) under 25 horsepower. CARB's SORE regulation implements this, so beginning January 1, 2024, new gas-powered leaf blowers, mowers, and string trimmers generally may not be sold new in California. Existing equipment can still be used and resold; the state rule governs sales, not residents' use of equipment they already own.
Operating a leaf blower or mower outside the 7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. exemption window is no longer exempt and is judged against EMC 8.52.040's sound-level limits, with penalties under EMC 8.52.100: $500 minimum for a first violation, $750 second, $1,000 (and/or up to six months jail) for further violations within 180 days. The state new-gas-equipment sales ban is enforced by CARB against dealers and manufacturers, not against homeowners using existing blowers.
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