No Kern County-specific ordinance directly restricts leaf blower use, hours, or decibel levels in unincorporated areas; the county's general noise rules and California's statewide small off-road engine law (HSC Sec. 43018.11) are what apply.
Unlike many California cities, Kern County has not adopted a leaf-blower-specific ordinance for its unincorporated communities. Leaf blower noise is instead governed by the county's general noise provisions (Kern County Ordinance Code Chapter 8.36, Noise Control), which target unreasonable noise rather than specific equipment. At the state level, Assembly Bill 1346 (2021) added Health and Safety Code Section 43018.11, directing the California Air Resources Board to prohibit exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small off-road engines, the category that includes gas-powered leaf blowers. Under CARB's implementing regulation, new gas leaf blowers produced for sale in California must be zero-emission starting with model year 2024. The state rule restricts the sale of new gas equipment; it does not ban owning or using existing gas leaf blowers.
There is no county-specific leaf blower penalty. Persistent, unreasonable noise can be pursued as a violation of the county's general noise provisions or as a nuisance; the state small-engine rule is enforced by CARB against manufacturers and retailers, not individual users.
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