RMC 18.40.100(F)(3) restricts domestic power tools - including leaf blowers and lawn and garden equipment - across residential or commercial property lines. Use is prohibited 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekends and legal holidays. Redding has no outright gas-blower ban.
Section 18.40.100(F)(3) reaches the operation or permitted operation of any mechanically powered saw, lawn or garden tool, or similar outdoor tool that creates a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial real property line. The prohibited window is 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on weekends and legal holidays. Outside that window, leaf-blower use is still subject to the 18.40.100(B) general nuisance standard and to the Schedule 18.40.100-A daytime cap of 55 dB(A) Leq at a residential receiving property line. Redding does not impose California-style local gas-blower phase-outs and has not enacted a separate leaf-blower chapter. Statewide, CARB's small off-road engine rule (AB 1346) ended new gas SORE sales for landscape equipment beginning in 2024, but using existing equipment remains legal in Redding subject to the time and decibel limits above. Commercial landscape crews working for residential customers should plan jobs inside the allowed windows; a single neighbor complaint plus a Code Enforcement decibel reading is enough to support a citation. City of Redding solid-waste collection is exempt under 18.40.100(H)(4), but private landscape contractors are not.
A violation is a public nuisance under RMC 18.40.100(A)(3), enforced through administrative citation under Chapter 1.13. Code Enforcement (530-245-7110) handles complaints from neighbors. Commercial landscape contractors working during prohibited hours can also face business-license consequences.
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