Loveland, CO Noise Ordinances: Aircraft Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- Aircraft noise status
- Fully exempt from Chapter 7.32
- Governing section
- Loveland Municipal Code § 7.32.060.B
- Also exempted
- Church bells, government warning/emergency signals
- Municipal enforcement available
- None for aircraft sound
Summary
Loveland's noise chapter does not reach aircraft: § 7.32.060.B of the Loveland Municipal Code excludes 'all sound emanating from any aircraft' from every provision of Chapter 7.32, alongside church bells, authorized government warning and emergency signals, and Veterans Day observances.
All sound emanating from any aircraft, church, warning or emergency signal device used or authorized by any government agency, or program incident to the recognition or celebration of Veteran's Day, shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
32, and aircraft noise is one of them, in this Larimer County, Colorado city. Subsection B states plainly that all sound emanating from any aircraft, church, warning or emergency signal device used or authorized by any government agency, or program incident to the recognition or celebration of Veteran's Day, shall not be subject to the provisions of the chapter. 010, do not apply to aircraft overflying or operating near Loveland, including operations at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport that Loveland co-owns with Fort Collins. 060: authorized emergency vehicles responding to calls, city-licensed temporary events like parades and firework displays, and railroad rights-of-way, which are instead folded into the industrial-zone standard rather than exempted outright.
32 as a basis for a municipal noise complaint or citation against aircraft operations; any recourse over aircraft noise runs through the airport operator or federal aviation channels, not the city's noise code.
Violations & Fines
None: because § 7.32.060.B removes aircraft sound from Chapter 7.32 entirely, there is no municipal noise violation, fine, or citation available under this ordinance for aircraft noise, and § 1.12.010's general penalty for Code violations has nothing to attach to for this specific source.
Frequently Asked Questions
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