Al, I've seen too many examples of that.
For a while we ran at a park that was barely used by anyone. A neighbor woman walked down and complained about the noise which wasn't any worse than a lawnmower, weedeater or any outdoor gas powered tool. it made me wonder if she complained to her neighbors about that noise?
A LHS had an outdoor track behind their store. The dB level in a industrial zoned area where their business is at is only 87 dB. Before they made it a residential area, people rode ATC's, dirt bikes, dune buggies and all sorts of off-road toys there. When it went Residential, the dB level is now 78dB in there. Anyone knowing what 78 dB sounds like then you know that you'd be lucky to run anything electric powered without it going over the limit!
At a local 3/8-mile oval track outside of town in farm country, they wanted to shut the track down that has been there as long as I can remember. They wanted a dB limit so low that nobody could run any farm equipment or a table saw in their garage. It's a wonder that those people who proposed the ordinance weren't tarred and feathered! Needless to say, it got shot down.