Collier County, FL Noise Ordinances: Aircraft Noise (2026)

The county's noise ordinance rests on findings in Sec. 54-85 that noise emissions above the ordinance's limits are potentially harmful and unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life and property, and it applies countywide within the unincorporated area under Sec. 54-86 (noise generated outside that area but reaching into it is still a violation). Sec. 54-87 lists nineteen categories of exempt uses and activities that are excused from the Sound Level limits in Sec. " That carve-out means neither the Sheriff's Office nor Code Enforcement measures decibels against departing or landing aircraft, agricultural or mosquito-control flights, or routine airport ground operations at facilities such as Immokalee Regional Airport or Marco Island Executive Airport.

The exemption is narrow, though: it excludes scale model aircraft by name, so hobbyist drone or model-plane noise is judged under the ordinary Table I limits like any other sound source. Anyone denied a related noise permit, or whose permit is revoked, can appeal to the Board of County Commissioners within 30 days of the decision by filing written notice with the County Manager, per Sec. 54-89, and the Board must give due public notice of the appeal hearing.