Lakewood, CO Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)

Lakewood Municipal Code § 9.52.150, part of the Lakewood Noise Control Ordinance (Chapter 9.52), makes it unlawful to operate or permit to be operated any Repair or Maintenance Power Equipment on any Sunday, on any of six Designated Holidays (New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day), or between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following morning. Section 9.52.030 defines Repair or Maintenance Power Equipment to include, without limitation, lawn mowers, powered garden tools, electric or chain saws, log chippers, riding tractors, leaf blowers and powered hand tools, so the hours restriction reaches gas and electric leaf blowers alike; the ordinance sets no separate decibel limit for blowers, it regulates by clock and calendar instead.

Section 9.52.153 carves out five exceptions to the hours ban: emergency work; remodeling and power-equipment use on a lot with a previously completed residential use, though even that work still cannot run between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; roof replacement, same nighttime cutoff; snow and ice removal and plowing; and sweeping of streets and parking lots. A property owner who needs relief beyond those categories can apply to the City Manager under § 9.52.155 for a temporary exemption; the City Manager weighs effective dates, hours of operation, equipment type, location and public health and safety before approving one, and must notify City Council of every exemption granted.