Lucas County has no countywide aircraft-noise ordinance, and cities cannot regulate flight operations. Aircraft noise, including at Toledo Express Airport, is controlled by the FAA under federal law. Toledo's noise code (507.21) yields to federal noise requirements.
Neither Lucas County nor its cities can set enforceable in-flight aircraft-noise limits: airspace and aircraft operations are exclusively federal (FAA), which sets aircraft noise-certification standards and manages airport noise programs. Toledo Municipal Code 507.21 expressly states that local noise levels are preempted by the Federal Noise Control Act where the two conflict. Concerns about airport operations at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport or Toledo Executive Airport go to the airport authority (Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority) and the FAA, not a county code office. Ground-level airport equipment may still fall under local nuisance rules.
There is no local penalty for in-flight aircraft noise; enforcement is federal. Complaints route to the airport noise office and the FAA, not municipal citation.
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