Milpitas has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance and no gas-blower ban. Leaf blowers are treated as 'any machinery or tool' under Chapter 213's Disturbing Noise definition, so they are subject to the residential noise limits and the construction-style 7 a.m.-7 p.m. expectation, plus California's statewide CARB sales phase-out.
The City of Milpitas has not adopted a dedicated leaf blower ordinance. Chapter 213 contains no time-of-day blower rule, no decibel-specific blower standard, and no gas-blower ban. Instead, a leaf blower is regulated as 'the operation of any machinery or tool' - one of the illustrative examples of a 'Disturbing Noise' in V-213-2.04. As a result, leaf-blower use that creates a disturbing noise is bound by the residential limits in V-213-3: it may not increase the noise exposure level by 3 dB over ambient or exceed 65 dB at the property line (V-213-3.01), and operation that is audible across the prima-facie distances in V-213-3.03 (50 feet at night, 100 feet by day) can be cited. In practice, blower use is expected during daytime hours and prohibited during the 10:00 p.m.-7:00 a.m. quiet period. At the state level, California's CARB small off-road engine regulation implementing AB 1346 (California Health & Safety Code section 43018.11) phases out the sale of new gas-powered small off-road engines, including most leaf blowers, beginning in 2024 - but that is a sales/manufacturing rule, not a Milpitas use ban on equipment people already own.
Because there is no blower-specific section, enforcement runs through Chapter 213's general framework: a violation is a public nuisance (V-213-4) and may be charged as an infraction (V-213-5). Daytime blower noise that simply complies with the 65 dB / +3 dB-over-ambient residential cap is generally not actionable; the issue arises when blowers run during quiet hours or are loud enough to exceed the residential limit.
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