Skokie, IL Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)

Section 42-78(2) declares the use of lawn care equipment outside these windows to be an excessive, loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise in violation of the Village's noise article. m. m. m. The provision does not carve out a separate category for gas-powered versus electric blowers; it covers lawn care equipment generally, so leaf blowers of any power source fall under the same hourly limits as mowers and trimmers. This sits in Chapter 42, Article III alongside the Village's general noise prohibition in Sec. 42-77, which separately bars any excessive, unnecessary or unusual noise that disturbs the comfort, repose or safety of others, and the violation standards in Sec.

42-76, which weigh volume, intensity, whether the noise is usual, its proximity to residential sleeping facilities, and the time of day it occurs. A resident bothered by early-morning or late-night leaf-blowing outside the listed windows has a specific, numbered hour violation to point to rather than relying only on the general nuisance standard.