South Bend Code Sec. 13-83 exempts lawn and garden tools, lawnmowers, and snowblowers from noise limits from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; Indiana has no gas leaf-blower ban.
South Bend writes yard equipment straight into its noise code rather than banning it. Sec. 13-83 exempts mechanically powered lawn or garden tools, lawnmowers, and snowblowers from the noise limits during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Run outside that window, a blower or mower loses the exemption and must meet the 55 dBA nighttime cap. Snowblowers get the same daytime latitude, which matters given St. Joseph County's heavy lake-effect snow. Indiana has no statewide gas leaf-blower ban, and unincorporated county use is limited only by disorderly-conduct law.
Running a blower, mower, or snowblower outside 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. forfeits the exemption and is citable under Sec. 13-84 at $50 to $250, plus up to $2,500 on conviction.
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