The ban prohibits leaf blowers from June 1 to Oct. 1. Next year, the ban will begin May 1. Fines for violating the ban can reach $250.

Larry Wilson of the New York State Turf and Landscapers Association said Rye’s ban, which outlaws both electric and gas-powered blowers, might increase landscaping costs for homeowners.

“I believe it’s already driven up costs,” he said. “If you have to spend twice the amount of time doing a task because you don’t have benefit of a time-saving tool, you have to charge more.”

Wilson said the law was not a good use of police personnel.

“If a police officer is chasing someone who is burglarizing a house or breaking into cars, that’s where I want them to be – not chasing a noise that turns out not to be a blower,” he said.

Mayor Steve Otis said he doesn’t think the number of complaints is diverting police resources.

“Two complaints a day is not a surprising number; it seems like a reasonable number, and I’m surprised it’s not larger,” Otis said.

He dismissed the notion that the ban will harm local businesses, and argued that “landscapers have the opportunity to save money, with the price of gasoline.”

Yonkers, Hastings-on-Hudson, Greenburgh, Bronxville, Larchmont, Pelham village, Scarsdale and Mamaroneck town also restrict leaf blowers. Mamaroneck village is considering it.