To: Mayor and City Council of Torrance
Whereas a large increase in training operations from the airport has brought noise to levels now intolerable for many residents;
Whereas residents are also concerned about air pollution from aircraft using leaded fuel and safety of low training flights over densely populated neighborhoods;
Whereas these problems are also hurting residential property values;
Whereas the City owns the airport but, due to a change in federal law, the City no longer has the authority to adopt new airport noise abatement laws;
Whereas, based only on a verbal opinion from the FAA, City staff stopped enforcing its longstanding, grandfathered early-left-turn law which sanctions pilots who take off and turn left over residential neighborhoods on higher ground south of the airport;
Whereas the City’s noise monitors will not resolve negative impacts from training operations;
Whereas voluntary noise abatement recommendations have failed to achieve compliance;
Whereas the City does not have staff with expertise needed to identify and evaluate all of the City’s remaining legal options.
Therefore, the undersigned residents of Torrance and adjacent cities, petition the Mayor and City Council to:
- Hire outside counsel with expertise in aviation law to identify and evaluate options that may still be available to reduce the airport’s environmental impacts (e.g., charge landing fees, close south runway, resume enforcing early-left-turn law, prohibit sale of leaded fuel, etc.) and to defend the City against any legal challenges;
- Pay the City’s legal expenses from the City’s Airport Fund, not from general taxpayers; and
- Hold public hearings to discuss and consider all legally available options.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
September 8, 2022
Reached 100 supporters
August 19, 2022
344 Comments
Lived here 46 years, same house. The airplanes are flying directly above our house. They use to fly from the airport to PCH, then our over the ocean. It’s seems like they take short cuts now. The number of airplanes and increase of noise seems constant.
The noise and constant flyovers early morning, afternoon and late at night is ridiculous. It sounds like the plane is about to land or crash into our house. Also concerned with health issues and soot on cars. South Bay New Horizons resident
Local control. Local control. Local control. The City of Torrance has attorneys fighting for us on housing mandates from Sacramento. We need local legal representation to push back on the rest of the region which is trying to send its air traffic to Torrance.
I've called several times complaining about the planes flying extremely low over my home. One day I took videos of a plane which did 11 touch and go's and each time the plane did the left turn early and flew directly over my home at a low altitude
The noise is getting worse and worse. Sometimes the same person flies around over our house for an hour. The lessons should move, there should be limits on when people can take off and land, and there should be limits on the number of planes allowed each day.
The small aircraft noise over the Palis Verdes condo complex has become daily and constant It is ruining our peace and quiet and decreasing our property values.
They're biased all ex Raytheon aviation people controlling whats happening and all friends.
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To: Mayor and City Council of Torrance
Whereas a large increase in training operations from the airport has brought noise to levels now intolerable for many residents;
Whereas residents are also concerned about air pollution from aircraft using leaded fuel and safety of low training flights over densely populated neighborhoods;
Whereas these problems are also hurting residential property values;
Whereas the City owns the airport but, due to a change in federal law, the City no longer has the authority to adopt new airport noise abatement laws;
Whereas, based only on a verbal opinion from the FAA, City staff stopped enforcing its longstanding, grandfathered early-left-turn law which sanctions pilots who take off and turn left over residential neighborhoods on higher ground south of the airport;
Whereas the City’s noise monitors will not resolve negative impacts from training operations;
Whereas voluntary noise abatement recommendations have failed to achieve compliance;
Whereas the City does not have staff with expertise needed to identify and evaluate all of the City’s remaining legal options.
Therefore, the undersigned residents of Torrance and adjacent cities, petition the Mayor and City Council to:
- Hire outside counsel with expertise in aviation law to identify and evaluate options that may still be available to reduce the airport’s environmental impacts (e.g., charge landing fees, close south runway, resume enforcing early-left-turn law, prohibit sale of leaded fuel, etc.) and to defend the City against any legal challenges;
- Pay the City’s legal expenses from the City’s Airport Fund, not from general taxpayers; and
- Hold public hearings to discuss and consider all legally available options.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
September 8, 2022
Reached 100 supporters
August 19, 2022
344 Comments
I am unable to hear anything on my conference calls throughout the day due to loud airplanes circling above. I work from home and the noise is completely unacceptable. It's been getting worse and is extremely disruptive and disturbing.
Lived here 46 years, same house. The airplanes are flying directly above our house. They use to fly from the airport to PCH, then our over the ocean. It’s seems like they take short cuts now. The number of airplanes and increase of noise seems constant.
The noise and constant flyovers early morning, afternoon and late at night is ridiculous. It sounds like the plane is about to land or crash into our house. Also concerned with health issues and soot on cars. South Bay New Horizons resident
Local control. Local control. Local control. The City of Torrance has attorneys fighting for us on housing mandates from Sacramento. We need local legal representation to push back on the rest of the region which is trying to send its air traffic to Torrance.
I've called several times complaining about the planes flying extremely low over my home. One day I took videos of a plane which did 11 touch and go's and each time the plane did the left turn early and flew directly over my home at a low altitude
The noise is getting worse and worse. Sometimes the same person flies around over our house for an hour. The lessons should move, there should be limits on when people can take off and land, and there should be limits on the number of planes allowed each day.
The small aircraft noise over the Palis Verdes condo complex has become daily and constant It is ruining our peace and quiet and decreasing our property values.
They're biased all ex Raytheon aviation people controlling whats happening and all friends.
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I am unable to hear anything on my conference calls throughout the day due to loud airplanes circling above. I work from home and the noise is completely unacceptable. It's been getting worse and is extremely disruptive and disturbing.