Leaf blowers, lawn mowers and domestic power tools are exempt from Manatee County's noise limits only between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Outside that window they lose the exemption and fall under the general noise-disturbance and decibel limits.
Section 2-21-33(2)(a) exempts 'lawn care, soil cultivation, domestic power tools, lawn mowers, maintenance of trees, hedges, gardens, saws and tractors... tree trimming and limb chipping and other normal community operations' during hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. There is no dedicated leaf-blower decibel cap or brand ban in the county code. Before 7 a.m. or after 10 p.m., a gas leaf blower is no longer exempt and can be cited as a noise disturbance under § 2-21-34.
Off-hours lawn-equipment noise is enforced under § 2-21-35: $100 / $250 / $500 escalating civil fines within 365 days, or a second-degree misdemeanor notice to appear.
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