Gas blower ban in MoCo

[Anonymous]

I noticed the lawn service we have was blowing the grass clippings and leaves out towards the street with the commercial mowers they have. I asked them why and they said they can't use their leaf blower in Montgomery County so they use the mower and pretty much leave everything in the street for the wind to blow them away. I guess everyone will be doing that.

[Anonymous]

I think ICE will probably arrest all the lawn service people and there won't be anyone availavilble to work in MOCO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I noticed the lawn service we have was blowing the grass clippings and leaves out towards the street with the commercial mowers they have. I asked them why and they said they can't use their leaf blower in Montgomery County so they use the mower and pretty much leave everything in the street for the wind to blow them away. I guess everyone will be doing that.

That's an innovative solution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I noticed the lawn service we have was blowing the grass clippings and leaves out towards the street with the commercial mowers they have. I asked them why and they said they can't use their leaf blower in Montgomery County so they use the mower and pretty much leave everything in the street for the wind to blow them away. I guess everyone will be doing that.

That's an innovative solution.

+1

[Anonymous]

I saw a diesel truck running while the people were cutting the customer's grass. I asked them why is that truck running. Its loud and polluting the air with diesel fumes. They said the truck has an invertor in it to transform the engine power to the invertor to charge their batteries for their tools and they have to let the truck run all day.

What a great idea to charge the batteries. That seems to be the major complaint with these battery type leaf blowers.

[Anonymous]

Anyone else have a landscaper still using the gas blowers? I noticed mine still does I think they used an electric one for one week and then went back to the gas powered one. Good for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm seeing gas blower use everywhere in the county. Must be a relaxed law.

I'm so surprised. I thought hispanic people (most of our landscapers) were playing it super safe.

Most are citizens.

You are dreaming…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else have a landscaper still using the gas blowers? I noticed mine still does I think they used an electric one for one week and then went back to the gas powered one. Good for them.

To report someone you need to take a photograph, but no one wants to do that. So, we are waiting for the board to change the rule.

https://mocoshow.com/2025/09/29/leaf-blower-ban-enforcement-changes-could-make-500-fine-easier-to-issue/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think ICE will probably arrest all the lawn service people and there won't be anyone availavilble to work in MOCO.

We used to rake leaves as a fundraiser with church teenagers, but now everyone has a lawn service. I think there will be people to rake.

[Anonymous]

The best one costs three grand and I don't see these lawn companies buying them. Especially if you have eight gas blowers and you have to buy eight battery type blowers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else have a landscaper still using the gas blowers? I noticed mine still does I think they used an electric one for one week and then went back to the gas powered one. Good for them.

To report someone you need to take a photograph, but no one wants to do that. So, we are waiting for the board to change the rule.

https://mocoshow.com/2025/09/29/leaf-blower-ban-enforcement-changes-could-make-500-fine-easier-to-issue/

Please leave all the immigrant landscapers alone. They have enough problems currently.

[Anonymous]

I understand the noise and pollution concerns, but I live up county on 7 acres and plan to continue to use my gas powered leaf blower a few weekends in the fall to clean up leaves. No one is going to hear or see it. When it breaks, I will look at battery ones. What makes sense for Silver Spring doesn't necessarily make sense everywhere else. I think that's the problem with the law. There should have been exceptions for large properties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else have a landscaper still using the gas blowers? I noticed mine still does I think they used an electric one for one week and then went back to the gas powered one. Good for them.

To report someone you need to take a photograph, but no one wants to do that. So, we are waiting for the board to change the rule.

https://mocoshow.com/2025/09/29/leaf-blower-ban-enforcement-changes-could-make-500-fine-easier-to-issue/

Please leave all the immigrant landscapers alone. They have enough problems currently.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone else have a landscaper still using the gas blowers? I noticed mine still does I think they used an electric one for one week and then went back to the gas powered one. Good for them.

To report someone you need to take a photograph, but no one wants to do that. So, we are waiting for the board to change the rule.

https://mocoshow.com/2025/09/29/leaf-blower-ban-enforcement-changes-could-make-500-fine-easier-to-issue/

Please leave all the immigrant landscapers alone. They have enough problems currently.

But I yearn for the heady days of my youth as a hall monitor.

[Anonymous]

I don't think any of the council members have a property more than a quarter acre. If they had larger properties with twenty or thirty oak trees, like some of us do, they would have a better understanding what's required to clean up the yard.