Aircraft noise, including Fort Cavazos military overflights, is regulated by the FAA and federal government, not Bell County or its cities. Killeen's noise code expressly excludes aircraft and transportation noise from measurement, and vehicle motors on runways are exempt.
Neither Bell County nor its cities can regulate aircraft noise, which is federally preempted under FAA authority; the county's noise limits are its unincorporated land only, and it has none for aircraft. The heavy military air activity around Fort Cavazos (Fort Hood) and Robert Gray/Killeen-Fort Hood airports is federal. Killeen's code confirms this posture two ways: it exempts 'sound produced by a vehicle motor while the vehicle is moving on a... airport runway,' and its measurement method states that 'traffic, aircraft, and other transportation noise shall not be considered in taking measurements' except as interfering background. Residents affected by military or airport noise should contact the base or airport noise office, not county code enforcement.
Not locally enforceable. Aircraft-noise complaints go to the FAA, Fort Cavazos, or the airport authority; no county or city citation applies to overflights.
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