Leon County, FL Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted hours
- 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Where it applies
- Unincorporated Leon County only
- Citation
- Sec. 12-56(12), Leon County Code
- Enforcing agency
- Leon County Sheriff's Office
- Maximum fine
- $500 civil infraction per day
Summary
Leon County bans loud gas blowers, power fans and similar internal combustion engines in residential and noise-sensitive areas between 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Sec. 12-56(12), but only in the unincorporated county outside Tallahassee's city limits. The noise must be unreasonably loud and raucous and audible across the property line to count as a violation.
(12)Blowers and similar devices. In residential or noise-sensitive areas, between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., the operation of any noise-creating blower, power fan, or any internal combustion engine, the operation of which causes noise due to the explosion of operating gases or fluids, provided that the noise is unreasonably loud and raucous and can be heard across the property line of the property from which it emanates.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 12).
Full Breakdown
Sec. ' The article, adopted by Ord. No. 08-08 and amended by Ord. No. 13-02 and 13-20, applies only 'outside the municipal limits of the City of Tallahassee' per Sec. 12-53; landscapers working inside the city answer to a separate Tallahassee code. Sec. 12-54 defines a 'noise sensitive area' to include posted zones around schools, hospitals, nursing homes, churches, courts and libraries, and a 'residential area' as any property zoned or legally nonconforming for residential use. Sec. window. The county sheriff has primary enforcement responsibility under Sec.
12-58, which directs deputies to seek voluntary compliance through warning or education before citing. Sec. 00, with each day of a continuing violation charged as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Running a gas leaf blower or similar power fan loud enough to be heard across the property line between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. in a residential or noise-sensitive area is a civil infraction under Sec. 12-59, fined up to $500.00 per occurrence, with each day of continued noise a separate offense. The sheriff's office may pursue voluntary compliance through a warning under Sec. 12-58 before citing a repeat violator.
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