Siskiyou County, CA Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)

Siskiyou County does not regulate leaf blowers through a noise ordinance, since the County has no adopted noise ordinance (confirmed by a CPUC environmental review noting noise is not regulated by the Siskiyou County Municipal Code). There are therefore no county-set leaf-blower operating hours, no gas-blower ban, and no county decibel cap in the unincorporated communities. The only directly relevant restriction is at the state level: under California's small off-road engine (SORE) regulations advanced through Assembly Bill 1346, the California Air Resources Board phased out the sale of new gas-powered lawn and garden equipment, including gas leaf blowers, with the sales prohibition effective January 1, 2024. Importantly, this is a restriction on selling new equipment, not a ban on using equipment you already own; California has not banned the use of existing gas-powered leaf blowers statewide. Some California cities (mostly in the Bay Area) have adopted local gas-leaf-blower use bans, but Siskiyou County has not, so in McCloud, Greenview, Gazelle, Edgewood, and other unincorporated areas residents may still operate leaf blowers. If a leaf blower is used in a way that maliciously and willfully disturbs neighbors with loud and unreasonable noise, the general disturbing-the-peace law (California Penal Code 415), enforced by the Sheriff, remains available as a backstop.