Overland Park has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance. Blowers fall under the garden tool clause of the noise chapter, which bars operation plainly audible across a property line only between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Daytime yard work is expressly exempt from the decibel table.
Section 7.08.002(F) covers any power tool, garden tool, lawnmower, snow blower or similar equipment in residential areas. Between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., operation producing sound plainly audible across a property boundary line is a noise disturbance. Between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., the ordinance states the activity is not subject to the time, area and dB(A) limits of subsection (A) — so a blower exceeding 60 dB(A) at the neighbor's lot line during the day is lawful. Nothing in the code restricts gas-powered or two-stroke blowers, caps engine noise ratings, limits days of the week, or requires electric equipment. Commercial landscaping crews operate under the same rule.
Operating a blower plainly audible across a property line between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. draws mandatory fines of $50, $150, then $250 for repeat convictions.
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