Lane County has no leaf-blower ban. Yard and domestic tools such as lawn mowers, chain saws, drills and saws are treated as 'sound producing devices' only between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Daytime use is generally allowed; overnight use must meet the 50 dBA / plainly-audible limits.
LC 6.225.005 lists 'domestic tools, including electric drills, chain saws, lawn mowers, electric saws, hammers and similar tools' as regulated sound-producing devices 'but only between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day.' Leaf blowers fall in this category. So the county effectively restricts them only during the overnight quiet period, when the 50 dBA limit and plainly-audible standard apply. There is no daytime hour limit or gas-blower prohibition at the county level. Cities within Lane County may adopt stricter blower or yard-equipment rules.
Overnight yard-tool noise that violates LC 6.225 is subject to administrative enforcement (LC Ch. 5) or nuisance abatement (LC Ch. 9).
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