Leaf blowers fall under Chapter 96's home-power-tool exemption: allowed when properly muffled between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Outside those hours or if unmuffled, the noise can be cited. No county leaf-blower ban exists.
Neither Allen County nor the Fort Wayne–Allen County code bans leaf blowers or sets a specific decibel cap for them. Instead a leaf blower is a "similar home power tool" covered by the Chapter 96 exemption, which permits properly muffled use only between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Use outside that window, or with a defective muffler, loses the exemption and may be enforced as prohibited peace-disturbing noise. Individual towns (New Haven, Grabill) may add stricter local rules.
Off-hours or unmuffled leaf-blower use cited under Chapter 96; $150–$500 per offense (§ 96.99).
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