Unincorporated Plumas County has no leaf-blower ordinance and sets no hours or model ban for blowers, mowers or chainsaws. Powered yard equipment is regulated only through the General Plan / Section 9-2.413 land-use noise standards. California's CARB rule phases out sales of new gas blowers (model year 2024), but that is an emissions rule, not a county noise law.
There is no dedicated leaf-blower, mower or gardening-equipment ordinance in the Plumas County Code, and the County does not ban gas-powered blowers or set a separate horsepower or time-of-day restriction for them. Powered yard equipment falls under the County's general noise framework - the 2035 General Plan Noise Element standards and the zoning code's allowable-noise-exposure standard, Section 9-2.413 (maximum allowable noise exposure within the Planning Land Use Category). In practice, ordinary daytime use of a blower, mower or chainsaw is allowed in this rural mountain county, while sustained early-morning or late-evening operation could become a nuisance under those standards or the construction-noise nighttime tiers. The County's own EIR notes that an operating chainsaw can generate up to 110 dBA, reflecting how common timber and yard equipment are locally. Statewide, the California Air Resources Board prohibits the sale of new gas-powered small off-road engines (SORE) - including most new leaf blowers and lawn mowers - under regulations effective with model year 2024 (AB 1346); existing equipment may still be used. That is a statewide emissions rule, not a Plumas County noise ordinance.
Yard-equipment noise that rises to a nuisance under the General Plan / Section 9-2.413 land-use noise standards is addressed through Code Enforcement; there is no leaf-blower-specific fine in the County Code. After-hours disturbances may be referred to the Sheriff (530-283-6300). The statewide gas-blower sales restriction is enforced by CARB/the state, not the County.
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