Lee's Summit has no gas-blower ban, but its noise ordinance prohibits leaf blowers and other powered lawn tools outdoors in residential areas from 10 PM to 7 AM when they disturb neighbors.
Section 17-254(16) treats a leaf blower as a lawn or garden tool and bars operating it, or any powered saw, drill, sander, grinder, or snowblower, outdoors in residential areas between 10 PM and 7 AM when the sound crosses a residential property line. Daytime use is allowed, and Missouri imposes no equipment-level ban on gas blowers. Commercial landscaping crews run under the same time window. Running a blower before 7 AM that wakes the neighborhood is the classic violation, enforced under the general noise ordinance rather than any separate equipment rule.
Operating a leaf blower during restricted hours violates Section 17-254(16), punishable under Section 1-13 by up to $500 and/or 90 days, each day a separate offense.
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