Clackamas County does not regulate aircraft noise. Code 6.05.060(C) expressly exempts sounds from aircraft and other federally regulated sources. Aircraft noise falls under the FAA; complaints go to the airport authority or the FAA, not the county Sheriff.
Aircraft operations are preempted by federal law. Clackamas County Code 6.05.060(C) exempts sounds caused by sources regulated as to sound production by federal law, expressly including railroad, aircraft, and commercially licensed watercraft operations. The county sets no dBA limit or curfew for overflights. Residents near Portland-area airfields (including Mulino/Portland-Mulino and approaches to PDX and Aurora State Airport) direct noise concerns to the airport operator or the Federal Aviation Administration, which controls flight paths, altitudes, and aircraft noise standards.
The county cannot cite aircraft noise. Enforcement of aircraft noise standards rests with the FAA under federal aviation law; the Sheriff has no jurisdiction over overflights.
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