Turlock has no outright leaf-blower ban. Under Municipal Code 5-28-110(l), a leaf blower or other lawn/garden tool may not create a noise disturbance across a property line between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, or 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and legal holidays. City crews using portable blowers within 200 feet of a residence must also comply.
The City of Turlock does not ban leaf blowers, but it regulates their hours and noise under TMC 5-28-110(l) (Domestic power tools, machinery, heating, venting, or air conditioning (HVAC) equipment). Subsection (l)(1) prohibits 'operating or permitting the operation of any mechanically powered saw, sander, drill, grinder, lawn or garden tool, or similar tool between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays (or 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and legal holidays) so as to create a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial real property line.' A gas or electric leaf blower is a 'lawn or garden tool' within this rule. During permitted daytime hours, a leaf blower must still avoid being a 'noise disturbance' and stay within the general exterior limits of TMC 5-28-108(a). The City also limits its own crews: TMC 5-28-112(e) exempts tree and park maintenance by City departments from the chapter but expressly provides that 'use of portable blowers within two hundred (200') feet of a residence shall comply with the requirements of TMC 5-28-110(l).' Separately, statewide, California's AB 1346 and the resulting California Air Resources Board (CARB) rules prohibit the sale of new gas-powered small off-road engines (including most leaf blowers) manufactured after 2023 - a product-sales rule, not a local use ban. Within city limits, TMC 5-28-110(l)'s hours and the 5-28-108 limits are the controlling local rules for leaf-blower noise.
A leaf blower operated outside the permitted hours, or one that creates a noise disturbance across a property line, can be cited under TMC 5-28-110(l) by the Noise Control Officer (Code Enforcement or Police). Under TMC 5-28-105 a warning is issued first; continued or recurring violations are infractions. There is no Turlock outright leaf-blower ban, and the statewide CARB rule restricts only the sale of new gas units, not their use.
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