Placer County does not ban leaf blowers. Property-maintenance equipment (blowers, mowers, edgers, power tools) is exempt from the noise standards only between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. under 9.36.030(A)(2). New gas blowers face California's statewide SORE sale phase-out (AB 1346), effective for 2024 model-year engines.
Unincorporated Placer County has no leaf-blower ban. Placer County Code Section 9.36.030(A)(2) exempts 'sound sources associated with property maintenance (e.g., lawn mowers, edgers, snow blowers, blowers, pool pumps, power tools, etc.)' from the noise standards, but only when such activities take place between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Outside that window, yard equipment must meet the Table 1 limits in 9.36.060. A separate exemption (9.36.030(A)(5)) allows golf-course maintenance equipment to run 5:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. May-September and 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. October-April. Separately, California's statewide small off-road engine (SORE) rule under AB 1346 and CARB regulations requires most new small gas engines (including leaf blowers) produced for 2024 model year onward to meet zero-emission standards; this restricts new gas-blower sales statewide but does not prohibit using existing gas equipment, and is a state-level requirement rather than a Placer County ordinance.
Operating yard equipment outside 7:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. removes the 9.36.030 exemption, so the noise becomes subject to the Table 1 limits and the infraction penalties in 9.36.090-9.36.110 ($100/$200/$500). The AB 1346/CARB SORE requirement is enforced at the point of sale of new equipment by the state, not by county citation.
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