§47506 Limitations on recovering damages for noise

Summary

People who buy property after February 18, 1980 near an airport that filed a noise exposure map can only get money for noise if they knew (or should have known) about the map and, after they bought the property, there was a major change in the airport that caused the noise. The change can be a big shift in how often or what kinds of planes use the airport, a change in the airport layout, a change in flight paths, or more nighttime flights, and the harm must come from that change. A buyer is treated as knowing about the map at least if the map was announced in a county newspaper at least three times before the purchase, or if the buyer was given a copy of the map when buying.