Tinley Park limits motorized lawn equipment — including gas and electric leaf blowers — to daytime hours, typically 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Sundays and holidays. Gas-powered equipment remains permitted under Village Code noise provisions.
Under the Village noise provisions in Title 5, motorized lawn equipment including leaf blowers, mowers, edgers, and trimmers may be operated only during reasonable daylight hours. Typical enforcement windows are 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM Monday through Saturday and 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Sundays and federal holidays. Tinley Park has not enacted a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, and commercial landscapers must follow the same time limits as homeowners. Complaints about early-morning or late-evening equipment use go to Tinley Park Police at (708) 532-9111. Code Enforcement handles repeat commercial violators.
Operating lawn equipment outside permitted hours is a noise violation with fines of $75 to $250 per occurrence. Commercial landscapers with repeat violations may face business-license review.
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