Jose writes:

Many communities have noise ordinances

... that are totally ineffectual against leaf blowers. They don't
blow at 2 AM , that's not the problem. They blow all day, from 8AM to
8PM.

If there is noise that
exceeds the community thresholds...

Balderdash on the "community". They exceed =my= standards. Why
should a bunch of noise loving fastidious lawn zealots ruin my quiet
so that they can have pristine green?

For the same reason that a bunch of late-and-light-sleeping pilots, or
programmers, or photographers, or whatever should be able to prevent
people from working on their lawn before it gets hot outside.

Perfectly legitemate desires can conflict.
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