Washoe County's Development Code addresses aircraft noise through land-use compatibility. Development within airport noise contours must conform to Federal Aviation Regulation Part 150 land-use guidelines, and building permits in those areas require dedicating an avigation easement to the Airport Authority of Washoe County.
Development Code Section 110.414.15 (Airport Noise) requires that all development proposed within the noise contours established for any airport by the Airport Authority of Washoe County conform to Federal Aviation Regulation Part 150, Land Use Compatibility Guidelines. Before a building permit is issued for any new structure within the established noise-contour area and flight corridors, the property owner must dedicate an avigation easement to the Airport Authority in the form and substance the Authority establishes. This is a land-use/permitting control on where and how you build near Reno-Tahoe International and other airports, not a decibel limit on aircraft themselves. Aircraft operational noise is regulated federally by the FAA, not by the county.
A building permit within an airport noise contour will not issue without the required avigation-easement dedication and Part 150 compatibility; noncompliant development is denied.
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