Aircraft noise is federally preempted, so Perris sets no in-flight noise limits. Instead, Perris Municipal Code Chapter 19.51 (March ARB/IP Airport Overlay Zone) regulates noise-sensitive land use near the airport, requiring new sensitive uses to attenuate interior aircraft noise to no more than CNEL 40 dB. Perris Valley skydiving operations fall under FAA rules.
The City of Perris has no ordinance setting decibel limits on aircraft in flight, because aircraft operations and noise are regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration and federal law, which preempt local control. What Perris does regulate is land use near airports. Perris Municipal Code Chapter 19.51 establishes the March ARB/IP Airport Overlay Zone (MAOZ), implementing the 2014 March Air Reserve Base/Inland Port Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) and the State Aeronautics Act. Section 19.51.080 sets noise-compatibility standards: new noise-sensitive uses (residences, schools, libraries, hotels, hospitals, places of worship and similar) must incorporate sound-attenuation features sufficient to reduce interior noise from exterior aviation sources to no more than CNEL 40 dB, which the code notes is stricter than the CNEL 45 dB state, local and Riverside County ALUC standard. Section 19.51.090 also requires applicants to give buyers and tenants a 'Notice of Airport in the Vicinity' disclosing potential noise, vibration and odors. Regarding the well-known Perris Valley Airport skydiving operation, complaints about aircraft and jump-plane noise are an FAA matter; the city's tools are limited to land-use compatibility under Chapter 19.51, not direct noise limits on aircraft.
There is no city penalty for aircraft noise itself; instead, development that fails to meet the Chapter 19.51 airport-overlay noise-attenuation and disclosure standards can be denied or conditioned by the City of Perris Planning Division, with ALUC review where applicable.
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