Fayetteville treats leaf blowers as powered lawn/garden tools: they may not run 10 p.m.-6 a.m. on weekdays or 10 p.m.-7 a.m. on weekends and holidays near residential property. Neither the city nor Cumberland County bans gas leaf blowers.
Fayetteville City Code Sec. 17-11(11) prohibits operating a powered saw, drill, grinder, lawn or garden tool between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. weekdays and 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. weekends/holidays. Equipment must be properly muffled and maintained. Indoor use is allowed if sound stays below Table 1 limits across the property line. Lawn mowers and agricultural equipment are exempt from the decibel table during daylight (7 a.m.-10 p.m.) if properly muffled (Sec. 17-12(1)).
Running a leaf blower during restricted nighttime hours is a citable noise violation carrying a civil penalty per the city fee schedule.
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