Industrial, commercial, agricultural, timber-harvesting and utility operations during their normal operations are exempt from Lane County's noise ordinance. Oregon DEQ set statewide industrial noise standards but stopped enforcing noise complaints in 1991, leaving oversight to local jurisdictions.
LC 6.225.015(F) exempts sounds from 'commercial, industrial, agricultural, timber harvesting, utility or construction organizations or workers during their normal operations,' so routine industrial noise is not policed by the county ordinance. Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration units, however, remain regulated sound-producing devices under LC 6.225.005. Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality historically set industrial-source noise rules but, per DEQ, 'is not able to investigate noise complaints as of July 1, 1991,' when the DEQ Noise Control Program was terminated; enforcement now rests with county and city authorities and land-use conditions.
Exempt operations are not cited under LC 6.225; land-use permit conditions or nuisance law may still apply. Regulated HVAC-type devices are enforced under LC Ch. 5 / Ch. 9.
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