Stafford County, VA Noise Ordinances: Leaf Blower Rules (2026)

Sec. in connection with lawn care, leaf removal, gardening, tree maintenance or removal, and other landscaping, lawn or timbering activities. The residential zoning districts covered are defined in Sec. 16-3 as the A-1, A-2, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and PD-1 districts, meaning the overnight restriction is tied to zoning classification rather than applying countywide. Outside those overnight hours, landscaping noise is instead governed by the general property-boundary decibel limits in Sec. 16-4, which allow up to 60 dBA during the day in residential zones, and Sec.

on weekends and holidays) from the numeric limits entirely. Sec. 16-6(b) provides no landscaping-specific exception, so commercial landscapers and homeowners alike are covered equally. As with the rest of chapter 16, Sec. 16-2 makes a violation of Sec. 16-6(a)(8) a class 2 misdemeanor unless another penalty is specified, and Sec. 16-5 allows the county administrator to grant a written hardship exemption after weighing the time, duration and loudness of the work.