Solano County does not regulate aircraft noise directly. Federal Aviation Administration regulations preempt local aircraft-noise rules. The Solano County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) implements the Travis AFB Land Use Compatibility Plan, which uses DNL noise contours (60-80+ dB) to restrict incompatible new development around Travis Air Force Base near Fairfield/Suisun City.
Federal law (49 U.S.C. section 41713 and FAA regulations) preempts local regulation of aircraft operations and aircraft noise in flight. Solano County therefore does not directly limit aircraft noise. Instead, the Solano County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC), established under California Public Utilities Code section 21670 et seq., prepares Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans for Travis Air Force Base, Nut Tree Airport (Vacaville), and Rio Vista Municipal Airport. The Travis AFB Compatibility Plan plots noise contours in 5 dB increments from DNL 60 dB to DNL 80+ dB and restricts new residential, school, hospital, and other noise-sensitive uses within higher-noise contours in the unincorporated areas south of Fairfield, Vacaville, and Vacaville-Dixon. Under California Government Code section 65302.3, the County General Plan and zoning must be consistent with the ALUC plan, and discretionary projects within the Travis AFB area of influence must be referred to ALUC for a consistency determination. Solano County's withdrawn Draft Chapter 28.1 also listed 'Any activity which regulation thereof has been preempted by state or federal law' as a noise-ordinance exemption.
There is no county fine for aircraft noise itself. Aircraft noise complaints about Travis AFB go to the 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs noise complaint line; complaints about civilian aircraft go to the relevant airport operator and the FAA. Land-use plan violations (building a non-compatible structure in a noise contour) are enforced through zoning permit denial and Chapter 10 nuisance abatement, not as direct aircraft-noise penalties.
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