Rowlett, TX Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)

Rowlett's Code of Ordinances has no leaf-blower-specific section; gas and electric blowers are regulated as lawn maintenance and power equipment under Chapter 22, Article V. Sec. 22-206(9) lists 'the use of lawn maintenance equipment between the hours of 7:00 a.m. (9:00 a.m. on Sundays) and 10:00 p.m.' as exempt from the Sec. 22-204 sound-level limits. In practice that means routine yard work with a leaf blower during those daytime hours is allowed even if it is loud, but using a blower or other outdoor power equipment in a residential zone between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. (or before 9:00 a.m. on Sundays) is prohibited under Sec. 22-205(7). Even within the permitted window, the ordinance's catch-all bars equipment use that 'unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the peace, comfort, and repose of neighboring persons of ordinary sensibilities.' Commercial landscaping crews are subject to the same hour limits as residents. Because the exemption is tied to the clock, the key compliance point for leaf blowers is timing rather than a specific decibel reading. Enforcement is handled by the Department of Planning and Environmental Services (Sec. 22-207).