Neither Washtenaw County nor its cities regulate aircraft noise. Ann Arbor's noise ordinance expressly excludes aircraft in flight or operating at an airport, and aircraft noise is governed by the FAA under federal law.
Aircraft noise is preempted by federal law and administered by the Federal Aviation Administration; local noise ordinances cannot control aircraft in flight. Ann Arbor Chapter 119, Section 9:360, states that Article I applies to all sound sources except, among others, aircraft in flight or in operation at an airport. Washtenaw County has no countywide noise ordinance and does not regulate overflight. The Ann Arbor Municipal Airport (ARB) is city-owned; complaints about specific operations there or at Willow Run Airport go to the airport or FAA, not a county noise office. There is no county aircraft-noise limit to cite.
Not locally enforceable. Aircraft-noise complaints are handled by the airport operator and the FAA, not through county or city noise citations.
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