Countdown until gas-powered leaf blower ban in effect with $500 fines as 160,000 Americans pick up rakes

HOMEOWNERS must find a new way to keep their lawns clean this fall thanks to a new ban taking effect.

Any of the 160,000 affected Americans refusing to make the switch risk being hit with up to $500 in fines.

The City of Alexandria, Virginia, just south of Washington DC, will become the first in the Old Dominion to ban gas-powered leaf blowers.

Neither homeowners nor landscapers will be allowed to use the lawncare equipment once the ban goes into effect on November 17…

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