Queen Creek, AZ Noise Ordinances: Aircraft Noise (2026)

14 of the Queen Creek Zoning Ordinance creates the Mesa Gateway Airport Overlay District, mapping three Overflight Areas around Mesa Gateway Airport, owned and operated by the Mesa Gateway Airport Authority. The rule targets 'noise sensitive uses': single-family and multi-family residential, hospitals, nursing homes, places of worship, libraries, schools and daycare centers. In Overflight Area 1 the ordinance flatly bars any noise-sensitive use in a new project. Overflight Areas 2 and 3 allow noise-sensitive development but attach real conditions: final plats must carry a note warning of 'objectionable aircraft noise,' sales and leasing offices must post a sign at least two feet by three feet with one-inch letters disclosing the cargo, commercial, charter, corporate, general aviation and military traffic mix, and an aerial map at least three feet by four feet showing the property's Overflight Area must be posted in the sales office.

Builders in Areas 2 and 3 must construct to a 25-decibel exterior-to-interior noise level reduction, or an interior level of 45 DNL or less, certified by an Arizona-registered architect or engineer and filed with the building permit application. Owners, mortgagees and lienholders must execute an avigation easement, approved by the Director of Planning, before or at recording of the final plat. Properties inside the FAA's 65 DNL contour also carry a deed restriction disclosing that designation. The rule applies only to 'new projects,' defined by a September 18, 2004 development-status cutoff.

Sales offices must direct buyers to the Arizona Department of Real Estate at (602) 468-1414 or the Mesa Gateway Airport Public Relations Office at (480) 988-7600 for more information.