Report Noise

How to report excessive leaf blower noise to the village, and why every report matters.

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No power lawn equipment may be used at any hour on these holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

Times shown in Croton local time (America/New_York).

Croton's Village Noise Law (Chapter 160) restricts power lawn equipment — including leaf blowers — to specific daytime hours. Operating outside those hours is a violation. If you hear a gas blower during a banned window, call the police non-emergency line.

Every complaint creates a record. The village tracks these. When the board considers legislation, complaint volume is one of the strongest arguments that the community wants action.

How to File a Complaint

  1. 1 Note the details. Date, time, location (street and cross street), and a description of what you're hearing. If you can identify the landscaping company (truck signage, uniforms), include that.
  2. 2 Call the village. Contact the Village Engineer's office during business hours — the engineer handles ordinance enforcement. If it's outside of business hours, please leave a message with your complaint. For after-hours noise, the non-emergency police line can take a report.
  3. 3 Take a photo or video if safe to do so. Visual evidence of the equipment in use, especially if a company name is visible, strengthens the record.
  4. 4 Follow up in writing. A quick email to the village after your call creates a permanent record. Reference the date and time of your phone report.

Who to Contact

Village Engineer
(914) 271-4783
Mon–Fri, 8:30am–4pm
Croton-on-Hudson Police
(914) 271-5177
Non-emergency 24-hour line

Complaint Template

Feel free to use or adapt this when emailing the village:

Dear Village Manager, I am writing to report excessive noise from a gas-powered leaf blower at [LOCATION] on [DATE] at approximately [TIME]. The noise was sustained for approximately [DURATION] and was audible from [YOUR LOCATION / DISTANCE]. [OPTIONAL: The landscaping company appeared to be [COMPANY NAME], based on truck signage.] I am requesting that this complaint be logged and that the village consider this as further evidence of the need for a full year-round ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, consistent with the bans already adopted by Irvington, Larchmont, Rye, Town of Mamaroneck, Village of Mamaroneck, White Plains. Thank you, [YOUR NAME] [YOUR ADDRESS]

Confidential Reporting

Most people do not want to complain about a neighbor. It feels personal, even when the issue isn't. But once a law is on the books and someone is breaking it, the cost — the noise, the fumes, the lost quiet — falls on everyone around them. Confidentiality makes that easier: it lets the ordinance do the work, not the relationship between neighbors.

We are asking the village to offer a confidential reporting option. In a village this small, neighbors and landscapers are people you run into every week — confidentiality keeps that from being a barrier to enforcement.

Should there be a confidential reporting form for ordinance violations?