South Orange’s annual seasonal prohibition on the use of gas powered leaf blowers begins Thursday, May 1.
The South Orange Village Council voted in 2022 to pass a seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, as well as set year-round hours of operations for all leaf blowers.
According to the Village website, the use of gas-powered leaf blowers, for any purpose, is strictly prohibited beginning at 12:01 a.m. on May 1 up to September 30 at 11:59 p.m. of each year.
Electric leaf blowers are permitted during the following times:
- Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The website says to “inform your landscaper or groundskeepers” of the ordinance because violations may come at a cost. “Any homeowner, property owner, homeowners association, managing agent or other such managing entity, landscaper, commercial entity and/or individual operator who violates, or allows any other to violate, the provisions of this Chapter may be subject to fines.”
The fines are as follows:
1) First Offense, $500
2) Second Offense, $1,000
3) For a third or subsequent offense, $1,000, and the violator will be subject to prohibition to operate a leaf blower within South Orange Village.
Read more here: South Orange Passes Seasonal Ban on Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers, April 25, 2022
