(A) At certain levels, sound becomes noise and may jeopardize the health, safety or general welfare of county residents and degrade their quality of life.
(1) By interfering with sleep, communication, relaxation and the full use of one's property;
(2) By contributing to hearing impairment and a wide range of adverse physiological and psychological stress conditions; and
(3) By adversely affecting the value of real property.
(B) This chapter is intended to establish county-wide standards regulating noise. This chapter is not intended to establish thresholds of significance for the purpose of any analysis required by the California Environmental Quality Act and no such thresholds are established.
(Ord. 872, § 2 (part), 2011)