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Residents urge Lake Bluff trustees to expand gas-powered leaf-blower ban to nine months
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the Village of Lake Bluff Board of Trustees to extend the current partial ban on gas-powered leaf blowers to a nine-month restriction starting Dec. 1, 2025, citing noise, environmental, and public-health concerns and pointing to similar policies in neighboring communities.
Dozens of Lake Bluff residents urged the Village Board of Trustees on Sept. 8 to expand the village—s partial ban on gas-powered leaf blowers to nine months, beginning Dec. 1, 2025, arguing the longer restriction would reduce noise, air pollution and harm to birds and trees.
The appeals came during the meeting—s public-comment period, where speakers handed the board a petition they said contained more than 430 resident signatures and noted 13 people present in the meeting in support of a longer ban. "Just do it. Start the ban 9 months beginning December 1," Pam Russell said to the trustees.
The requests followed prior village action that the speakers said has already produced a quieter summer; several speakers asked the board to make the restriction longer and to reduce hours of permitted use. "After 7 years of our attending…
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