Sutter County has not adopted a noise ordinance. A data center's cooling systems and backup generators are instead controlled through the 2030 General Plan noise policies, applied to discretionary projects as binding conditions under CEQA and Use Permit review to protect nearby homes and other noise-sensitive uses.
Sutter County has no standalone noise ordinance, so there is no fixed countywide decibel table for stationary equipment. Noise is governed by the noise policies of the Sutter County 2030 General Plan (adopted March 2011), enforced through project review rather than a code chapter. Policy N 1.6 restricts noise-generating construction within 1,000 feet of noise-sensitive uses to specified daytime hours and bars Sunday and holiday work without permission. For a data center, chillers, cooling fans, and generator testing are the lasting concern; where a Use Permit is required, the county analyzes operational noise under CEQA and can require acoustic enclosures, barrier walls, exhaust silencers, and setback buffers as conditions of approval. These General Plan-based conditions are the enforcement mechanism.
There is no noise-ordinance fine schedule. A data center that exceeds the noise conditions in its Use Permit or CEQA approval faces permit enforcement, the county can require mitigation, issue notices of violation, and revoke the permit for noncompliance.
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