Nueces County cannot zone industrial noise. Corpus Christi Code § 31-4 bans perceptible ground or airborne vibration crossing onto adjoining property, and § 31-6 caps HVAC and pool machinery at 70 dB(A) on residential property, unless state or federal law preempts.
A Texas county has no power to set industrial-noise or vibration standards, so unincorporated Nueces County relies on state and federal regulation of refineries, ports, and plants. In Corpus Christi, Code § 31-4 makes it unlawful to create ground or airborne vibration perceptible without instruments on adjoining property, unless already regulated by state or federal law. Code § 31-6(i) exempts air-conditioning, heat-pump, HVAC, and pool machinery only when it stays under 70 dBA on residential property (measured at the nearest exterior wall of a separately owned building). General plant noise must still meet the § 31-3 property-line decibel limits.
Corpus Christi vibration and machinery-noise violations are misdemeanors under § 31-8, fined per § 1-6, each day a separate violation. Much heavy-industry noise is preempted by state/federal permits.
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