The Miami Beach gas-powered leaf blower ban was enacted on January 1, 2022, and full enforcement was enacted through July 31, 2023. Ordinance 2022-4460 was passed unanimously last year and led to the formal transition to battery powered equipment.

 
Since November 2022, the city of Miami Beach has transitioned to electric powered blowers which led to the city issuing warnings to people and landscapers that continue using gas powered equipment. Violation comes with a $250 fine with each additional fine within 12-months carrying a $1,000 fine.

The ordinance references a 2011 test by Edmunds that showed that, "a consumer-grade leaf blower emits more pollutants than a 6,200-pound 2011 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor."

Meanwhile, in 2017, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued a warning that stated by 2020, gas-powered leaf blowers, lawn mowers, and similar equipment could produce more ozone pollution than all the millions of cars in California combined.

Keeping this in mind, the city acted and have become a part of the municipalities and states that are moving towards electric lawn equipment maintenance that will keep meet the goal of reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions and limiting noise pollution. California has enacted a ban on gas-powered lawn equipment on July 1, 2022, and all equipment must be zero-emission by 2024. Colorado will be moving towards this rule in 2025 however, in Minnesota, Rep. Paul Anderson released his opinion about H.F. 1715, the state's legislation towards electric powered lawn equipment, dissenting the move as riding mowers are a common piece of equipment and stating that, "Especially here in Greater Minnesota, keeping our lawns neatly mowed and trimmed can be a big job, one that many folks enjoy. And to legislate that they can't go to their favorite hardware store and buy a new gas-powered Lawn Boy or Simplicity is a stretch ... an overreach."