Leaf-blower hours are set by your Morris County town, not the county. Local ordinances commonly limit homeowner landscaping equipment to daytime hours and set tighter windows for commercial crews. The state 65/50 dBA property-line caps also apply.
Morris County does not regulate leaf blowers. New Jersey municipalities do, through their noise ordinances. Typical Morris County town rules bar homeowner-operated landscaping and yard equipment during evening and overnight hours (for example, roughly 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. in the Morristown model), and impose earlier evening cutoffs and later weekend/holiday starts on commercial landscapers. Some towns are also weighing seasonal gas-blower limits. Everything is measured against the statewide N.J.A.C. 7:29 caps of 65 dBA daytime and 50 dBA at night at the residential property line. Check your municipality's noise chapter for the exact allowed hours and any equipment-type restrictions.
Enforced by the municipal code or police officer under the local noise ordinance; fines are set by each town and typically escalate for repeat offenders.
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