No local Ventura ordinance regulates aircraft noise in flight — federal law (49 U.S.C. §40103) reserves exclusive sovereignty over U.S. navigable airspace to the FAA, preempting municipal aircraft-noise rules. Airport-operations noise is governed by California PUC §21669 noise standards adopted by Caltrans Aeronautics. Ventura is served nearby by Oxnard Airport (Ventura County) and Camarillo Airport; complaints about overflights go to the FAA or the airport noise office, not the City.
Under 49 U.S.C. §40103(a)(1), the federal government has exclusive sovereignty of U.S. airspace and the FAA regulates aircraft operations, flight paths, and altitudes. The U.S. Supreme Court (City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, 411 U.S. 624) confirmed federal preemption of local in-flight aircraft-noise curfews. California PUC §21669 directs the state to adopt airport noise standards reflecting noise acceptable to a reasonable person living near a permitted airport, implemented through 21 CCR §5000 et seq. (CNEL contours, single-event noise levels). Ventura's own noise chapter (SBMC Ch. 10.650) does not purport to regulate aircraft in flight. Residents bothered by overflight noise should file complaints with the originating airport (e.g., Oxnard Airport noise complaint line or the FAA Western-Pacific Region) rather than Ventura code enforcement.
Local citations are not issued for aircraft noise — FAA preemption means Ventura PD/code enforcement cannot ticket pilots for overflight noise. Complaints route to the FAA (Noise Ombudsman) or the originating airport's noise-abatement office. State CNEL violations at permitted airports are enforced by Caltrans Aeronautics.
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