Ventura County manages aircraft noise through land-use compatibility, not by limiting flights. General Plan Policy HAZ-9.6 restricts new discretionary residential uses outside the 60 dB CNEL aircraft noise contour unless interiors can be mitigated to 45 dB CNEL. New homes are prohibited in the 65 dB CNEL contour or louder.
Aircraft operations are federally regulated, so unincorporated Ventura County addresses aircraft noise (including from Naval Base Ventura County/Point Mugu and county airports) through land-use compatibility under the General Plan rather than operational noise limits. Policy HAZ-9.6 (Airport Noise Compatibility) directs the County to use the aircraft noise analysis for local airports, or the Point Mugu Air Installations Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ) contours, and to restrict new discretionary residential land uses to areas outside the 60 decibel Community Noise Equivalence Level (dB CNEL) aircraft noise contour unless interior noise can be mitigated to a maximum of 45 dB CNEL. Policy HAZ-9.2(3) adds that new noise-sensitive uses near airports shall be prohibited if they fall within a CNEL 65 or greater contour, and may be permitted in the CNEL 60 to CNEL 65 band only if measures ensure interior noise of CNEL 45 or less. The County also relies on the Airport Comprehensive Land Use Plan for Ventura County administered by the Airport Land Use Commission. These are siting and mitigation rules for new development, not curfews or per-flight noise caps.
Compliance is enforced at the entitlement stage: a residential or noise-sensitive project inside the restricted contours is denied or required to demonstrate the necessary interior-noise mitigation before approval. The County does not cite individual aircraft, which are subject to federal and military authority rather than County enforcement.
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