Boca Raton, FL Noise Ordinances: Aircraft Noise (2026)

Chapter 3, Article III sets up the city's airport-noise land-use scheme. Section 3-46 states the purpose: protecting public health and welfare near Boca Raton Airport by requiring sound level reduction (SLR) for construction affected by aircraft operations. Section 3-47 creates zones A, B and C keyed to Ldn noise contours, mapped on appendix 2 and legally described in appendix 3 (Section 3-48), with boundary-line rules for split lots and unsubdivided parcels in Section 3-49. Section 3-50 ties allowable land uses to the 'land use guidance chart' (Chart A) unless the underlying zoning is more restrictive, and exempts the airport itself from zone A's use prohibitions.

Section 3-53 requires occupied rooms in buildings within SLR-25 or SLR-30 designated areas to achieve that reduction rating through building design, materials and construction detail, and Section 3-53(2) blocks issuance of a building permit until plans and specifications, including appendix 4, demonstrate compliance. The chief code administrator approves construction methods (Section 3-52) and, under Section 3-54, may require field acoustical tests at the owner's expense using at least four aircraft flyover events before final approval. Section 3-55 flatly bars any residential development within noise zone A and requires the noise-zone map to be kept available for public inspection at development services and the city clerk's office for zones B and C.