Update on Touch & Goes

Bottom line up front:
NO Touch and Goes or Stop and Go operations at any time.
Low approaches and Full Stop Taxi Back operations are 1000 and 1800 (same day) Monday through Friday except on city observed holidays 

On February 6 2024, the city of Torrance adopted ordinance 3930 which created a ban on all "touch and go" and "stop and go" operations at the airport.
The ordinance also states that "low approach" or "full stop taxi back" operations are NOT allowed at the airport between 6:00 p.m. of one day and 10:00 a.m. of the following day, Monday through Friday inclusive.
Additionally, the ordinance specifies that No low approach or full stop taxi back shall be permitted on the Airport between 6:00 p.m. Friday and 10:00 a.m. Mondays, nor any city observed holiday.

Note that the city published this new ordinance "at least once in the Daily Breeze, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the city of Torrance."

Now looking at the Chart Supplement which is an FAA publication for pilots, it states (at the end of the section titled "Noise"):
Touch and go ldg and stop and go ldg and low apch ops ltd to 1600–0400Z‡ (taxi–back until 0600Z‡) wkdays and 1800–0100Z‡ Sat. No touch and go ldg and stop and go ldg and low apch ops and taxi–back ops on Sun and hol.

Translated and expanded (using daylight savings time):
Touch and go landing and stop and go landing and low approach operations limited to 0900 - 2100 local (taxi–back until 2300 local) weekdays and [text was omitted] 1100–1800 Sat. No touch and go landing and stop and go landing and low approach operations and taxi–back operations on Sun and holiday.

As you can see, the ordinance is pretty clear but the airport update to the Chart Supplement is confusing and contradicting.
As pilots we are expected to read the chart supplement, not search out city ordinances, It is the pilots decision as to what to do.
One other note is that the city states "The City of Torrance Noise Abatement office does not have jurisdiction over altitude, where the aircraft are flying, flight patterns, or reckless flight, as these issues are governed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)" which implies they cannot create a prohibition on low approaches as that is a flight in the air. (https://www.torranceca.gov/government/city-departments/general-services/torrance-airport/noise-abatement-information)

Again, it is the pilot who is final authority over the flight and safety of everyone involved.

Reference:
Torrance Ordinance: https://publicdocs.torranceca.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=2092385&dbid=0&repo=COT&cr=1
Procedure (chart supplement KTOA) effective date: 0901Z Sep 05 - 0901Z Oct 31, 2024
FAA Chart Supplement (search for latest): https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/dafd/search/
cycle 2409 specific: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/dafd/search/results/?cycle=2409&ident=ktoa&navaid= 

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