Yorba Linda has no dedicated leaf-blower ordinance. Leaf blowers fall under the general noise standards and the residential-maintenance hours of Municipal Code Chapter 8.32, and under California's statewide small-engine emissions rules.
A search of the Yorba Linda Municipal Code and the City's own pages found no chapter or section that bans or specifically regulates leaf blowers, gas-powered or electric. This distinguishes Yorba Linda from cities such as Los Angeles, Palo Alto, or Pasadena that have adopted stand-alone leaf-blower ordinances. In Yorba Linda, leaf-blower use is instead governed by two general rules. First, YLMC Section 8.32.090 treats leaf blowing as residential property maintenance, exempt from the noise standards only 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on most days and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. Second, if a blower is excessively loud it can still be measured against the Section 8.32.060 dB(A) limits (which are reduced 5 dB(A) for simple-tone noise). Separately,
There is no leaf-blower-specific penalty in the Yorba Linda code. A blower used outside the residential-maintenance hours of Section 8.32.090, or loud enough to exceed the Section 8.32.060 limits, can be cited under the general noise chapter as a misdemeanor
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