Certain machines prohibited by end of 2022 and 2025
In an effort to limit air and noise pollution, Lewes Mayor and City Council unanimously voted to ban all handheld, two-stroke, gas-powered landscaping equipment by Dec. 31, 2025. STOCK PHOTO
Nick Roth
December 18, 2020
In an effort to limit air and noise pollution, Lewes Mayor and City Council unanimously voted to ban all handheld gas-powered landscaping equipment by Dec. 31, 2025.
Under the adopted ordinance, the city expects residents and landscaping companies to move to battery or electric tools. The expectation is that equipment will be replaced by Dec. 31, 2022, with the exception of leaf blowers, string trimmers and chainsaws. Those three pieces will then be fully banned at the end of 2025. Lawn mowers are fully exempt from the ordinance.