Power tools and landscaping/yard-maintenance equipment (leaf blowers, mowers) may not be used above the county decibel limits on or within 250 feet of a residential property between 9:01 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. At all other times they may be used even above those limits.
Section 14-171(c)(1) singles out power tools and landscaping and yard-maintenance equipment: they cannot be operated at noise levels exceeding the Sec. 14-171(a) limits on or within 250 feet of a residential property between 9:01 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. At all other times, such equipment may be used notwithstanding the general decibel limits — a carve-out that legalizes normal daytime yard work. Pool pumps and dewatering pumps in good working order are separately exempt. This is a county rule for unincorporated Santa Rosa County only; incorporated cities may differ.
Operating equipment above the limits in the restricted window is a specific-prohibition violation: $150 first, $300 second, and triple plus possible 60 days jail for a third. Warning issued first; each day a separate offense.
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