Aircraft noise over Lakeville is not regulated by City ordinance. The FAA controls airspace, flight procedures, and aircraft noise, while the Metropolitan Airports Commission operates Airlake Airport in Lakeville but has no jurisdiction over aircraft noise or flight paths.
Lakeville cannot regulate aircraft noise through its City Code, because aircraft operations are governed by federal law. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulates airspace, aircraft, pilots, airports, flight procedures, and aircraft noise, which preempts local noise ordinances for overflights. Lakeville is directly affected by aviation: it is home to Airlake Airport, a general-aviation reliever airport owned by the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) that mainly serves recreational and business aviation, and the city also sits under arrival paths for Minneapolis-St. Paul International (MSP). The MAC, although it owns Airlake and the other Twin Cities metro airports, states that it has no jurisdiction over aircraft activity, flight procedures, or aircraft noise regulations; that authority rests with the FAA. Runway and construction changes at MSP have at times routed more arriving planes over Lakeville, Apple Valley, and Farmington. Because no City ordinance applies, residents bothered by aircraft noise should direct concerns to the MAC's aviation noise program and noise-complaint system rather than to the City or police. The MAC works cooperatively with the FAA, communities, and airport users on noise-abatement efforts, but it cannot impose binding local noise limits on aircraft. This is a matter of federal preemption, not a gap in Lakeville's code.
Not enforced locally. Aircraft noise concerns are handled through the Metropolitan Airports Commission's aviation noise program and the FAA, which hold regulatory authority over flight operations.
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