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SR-0 (24) , -.... e -{PO -tPttJ9--- 03 e DATE: Septe~ber 10~ 1979 TO. Mayor and Council~eMbers FRO~: City Staff SUBJECT: Airport Noise Ordinance Attached are four pages revising the staff report and ordlnance regarding airport noise. AS/Jj Attachments (4) / L./c_{ ~/~~ J ~ e e or his duly author1zed representative shall have the opportun1ty to present statements, arguments, or contentlons in writing by flllng the same w1th the office of the Alrport Dlrector. The vlolation of any rule OT regulation adopted in accordance w~th this sectlon is a misdemeanor. SECTIO~ 5. Sectlon lOlllC of sald chapter is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 10111. Touch and Go Landlngs. Touch and go landlngs shall be permitted only after the pilot of the alrcraft has recelved approval from the air t=afflC controller in the control tower and in no event shall be made unless the alrcraft has landed prlor to reachlng the touch and go llmlt line palnted on the runway In use. No touch and go landings shall be made durlng the hours of darkness or by hlgh performance a1rcraft6 SECTION lOlllA. Approach. No pilot shall made a short approach or a straight-in approach to the a1rport unless approval 1S obtalned from the control tower prlor to start1ng ~~e approach. SECTION lOllIB. Sinulated Forced Land1ngs. There shall be no simulated forced land1ngs within the confines of the traf~lc pattern. SECTION IOllIC. Touch-and-Go, Stop-and-Go and Low Approach Operation. Except (l) ln the case of an emergency, (il) where necessitated by safety cons1derat1ons, or (lli) when requlred by the Federal AV1at1on Adminlstration, no person shall operate any alrcraft or cause the operatlon of such on or at the Santa Mon1ca Munlclpal Airport, ln a manner so as to make a touch-and- go, stop-and-go or low approach operatlon, as those terms are defined .KLK : :r.sn Clty Councll ~eetln~09-l0-79 . ~ . readlly shlelded; 2. the nOlses may not reach peak levels hlgh enough to be above the threshold of annoyance; and 3. the nOlses may be non-regularly recurring and even be wanted sounds rather than nOlse. In any eve~t, the presence of other sounds or noises ln an environment that contalns aircraft nOlse cannot be expected to reduce the adverse effects, if any, of the alrcraft nOlse on people. IV. CONCLUSION SENEL REDUCTION REDUCTION OF PEOPLE PE OPLE CNEL OF AIRPORT RATED TIE- HIGHLY DISTURBED OPERATIONS * DOKN FLEET ANNOYED 90 6% 9% 22% 40% 58~ 87 9% I 23% I 17% 30% 56 85 11% 32% I 15% 2 ""- 54 I -~ 80 25% 65% I 129; 18% 52 I ! It is found that a limit of 90 SENEL at the Santa Monlca NOlse Monitoring Statlons will provlde some modest reductlons In the aircraft nOlse enVlronment at Santa Monica, and lS con- sistent with nOlse llrnits prescribed by FAA for the certification of small aircraft 11censed to operate in the Unlted States. A llmlt of 87 SENEL at the Noise Moultor Stations will provlde a signlflcant reauctlon in the alrcraft nOlse environment at Santa Monica and is conslstent wlth reco~nendations for environmental nOlse in residental areas and also with technology of build~ng qUleter a~rcraft. A few of the new small jet aircraft wlIl be able to meet either an 87 or 90 SENEL limlt. * See ~age lla. -11- RL.?\.:;nSh ~~ty Councll Meetlntt09-l0-79 e readlly sh~e1ded; 2. the nOlses may not reach peak levels high enough to be above the threshold of annoyance; and 3. the nOlses may be non-regularly recurring and even be wanted sounds rather than noise. In ~~y event, the presence of other sounds or nOlses in an enVlronment that contains aircraft noise cannot be expected to reduce the adverse effects, if any, of the alrcraft noise on people. IV. CONCLUSION SENEL REDUCTION REDUCTION OF PEOPLE PEOPLE CNEL OF AIRPORT RATED TIE- HIGHLY DISTURBED OPERA'i:'IONS * DOv~! FLEET ANNOYED 90 6% 9% 22% 40% 58_ 87 , I 30% 56 9% I 23% 17% 85 11% 32% I 15~ 22% 54 I 80 25% I 65% f 12~ 18% 52 I I It is found that a llrnit of 90 SE~~L at the Santa Monlca NOlse Monitorlng Stations will provlde some modest reductions in the aircraft nOlse enVlrOfu~ent at Santa Monlca, and is con- sistent with nOlse limlts prescribed by FAA for the certification of small alrcraft llcensed to operate in the United States. A Ilmlt of 87 SENEL at the Noise Monltor Stations will provide a signlflcant reductlon in the aircraft noise enVlronment at Santa Mon1ca and lS consistent wlth recommendations for envlronmental noise in residental areas and also with technology of build~ng quieter alrcraft. A few of the new small jet a~rcraft will be able to meet either an 87 or 90 SENEL 11mlt. * See page lla. -11- RLI\: ms'h . City Counc~l 11eet~ng 09-1 9 e * It is presurr:.ed 1.n the calculation of CilELs ~li th the SENEL l~~its set at 87 and 90, that the reduction in operat1.ons that could ensue is only apparent, and that the level o~ operat1.ons would remain the same because newer, quieter aircraft, including Jets, would replace those a1.rcraft operations now ~n excess of 87 or 90 SE:mL. However, there would be an effective (more or less) long lasting reduction 1.n 7% of the operat~ons all for aircraft at SE~mLs higher than 85, and about a 20% reduction in the oDerations of aircraft at SENELs higher than 80, were the SEllEL limit set at 85 and BO respectively. Accordingly, t~e CNELs for the cond~t1.ons of an SE~mL limit of 85 and for a l1.mit of 80 SE~mL are calculated on the assumpt1.on that the nur.ber of operat1.ons, l.n the . . highest SE~SL ranges, would be reduced by 30 with a limit of 85 SENEL and 62 with a limit of 80 SENEL. -lla- .... e e SECTIO~ 6. Any proviSIons of the Santa Monica MunIcipal Code~ or appendIces thereto Inconsistent hereWIth, to the extent of such inconsIstencies and no further are, hereby repealed or modIfied to that extent necessary to effect the proviSIons of thIS ordInance. SECTIOX 7. If any sectIon, subsectIon, sentence, clause or phrase of thIS ordinance is for any reason held to be invalId or unconstitutIonal by a decision of any court of competent jurisdIction, such deCISIon shall not affect the valIdity of the remaIning portions of the ordinance. The City CounCIl hereby declares that It would have passed this ordinance and each and every section, subsectIon, sentence, clause or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional WIthout regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared Invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 8. The Mayor shall sIgn and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once In the official newspaper WIthin fifteen (IS) days after its adoption. The ordinance shall become effective after thirty (30) days frOfl its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FOID-I: (j~~TJJt{;};~