Redlands, CA Noise Ordinances: Aircraft Noise (2026)

The City of Redlands does not regulate aircraft noise through its Municipal Code. Chapter 8.06 (Community Noise Control) addresses radios, loudspeakers, machinery, animals, construction and vibration, but contains no section on aircraft, aviation or overflight noise. In-flight aircraft noise is governed by the Federal Aviation Administration, which broadly preempts local regulation of aircraft operations and noise in navigable airspace. Redlands operates its own general-aviation field, Redlands Municipal Airport (REI); the airport's own guidance states that noise complaints from low-flying aircraft are handled by the FAA and directs residents to the FAA's noise-inquiry channels and the FAA Aviation Noise Ombudsman, rather than to a City code remedy. For ground-level land-use compatibility, the City's General Plan Healthy Community Element includes policies to ensure long-term compatibility between the Redlands Municipal Airport and surrounding land uses (Principle 7-P.43) and to use noise/land-use compatibility planning (commonly the 65 dB CNEL framework) when siting noise-sensitive uses - but those are planning policies, not enforceable noise limits on individual flights. So a resident concerned about aircraft overflight noise will not find a citation remedy in Chapter 8.06; the appropriate authorities are the FAA and the airport land-use/General Plan framework. This is an honest 'no local ordinance' finding for aircraft noise.