Torrance Municipal Code Art. 6 Powered Gardening Equipment

(Amended by O-3894)

a) It shall be unlawful for any person within the City of Torrance to operate power gardening equipment, including but not limited to leaf blowers, mowers and edgers, or engage in the performance of gardening work with powered equipment in or adjacent to a residential area involving the creation of noise beyond fifty (50) decibels (dB) as measured at property lines, except between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Operation of powered gardening equipment shall be prohibited on Sundays and holidays observed by City Hall. An exception exists between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for homeowners that reside at the property.

b) Properties zoned as commercial, industrial or within an established redevelopment district are exempted from the above day and hour restrictions if a minimum buffer of three hundred (300) feet is maintained from the subject property’s property line to the closest residential property. The Community Development Director may, however, revoke such exemption for a particular property if the noise level exceeds fifty (50) decibels (dB) at the property line of a residential property beyond the three hundred (300) linear foot buffer.