Lancaster Municipal Code Ch. 8.70 Gasoline Powered Landscape Equipment

The following words and phrases, wherever used in this chapter, shall be construed as set forth below, unless it is apparent from the context they have a different meaning:

"City" means the City of Lancaster.

"Gasoline powered" means powered by an internal combustion engine that runs on gasoline, diesel or other volatile fuel.

"Landscape equipment" means equipment such as, but not limited to, a lawn mower, leaf blower and/or edger-trimmer used to maintain lawns, gardens, sidewalks and driveways.

"Landscape maintenance business" means a business, as defined in section 5.04.010 of this code, that performs lawn and yard maintenance such as, but not limited to, cutting grass and removing leaves.

(Ord. No. 1063, § 1(Exh. A), 4-23-2019)

Effective April 1, 2027, a landscape maintenance business shall not use gasoline powered landscape equipment within the city.

(; Ord. No. 1114, § 1, 3-26-2024; Ord. No. 1063, § 1(Exh. A), 4-23-2019)

This chapter shall be construed and applied in a manner consistent with all federal and state laws applicable to the city and shall not apply to any of the following: (a) a department, agency or contractor of the federal government; (b) a department, agency or contractor of the State of California; (c) a local public entity or its contractor; and/or (d) a person or entity performing landscape maintenance on property that he, she or it owns, rents or leases.

(Ord. No. 1063, § 1(Exh. A), 4-23-2019)

Any landscape maintenance business violating this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment for a period of not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 1063, § 1(Exh. A), 4-23-2019)

If any part or provision of this chapter is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of law, such invalidity shall not affect any other part or provision hereof, and all remaining provisions of this chapter will be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(Ord. No. 1063, § 1(Exh. A), 4-23-2019)