Back to the subject at hand, is noise really the problem? Yes and no. Being in boating, we have self-regulated oursleves to lowering our maximum dB level down to 92dB. Now go to a site and have the local police called on you during a race. That could give a rat's wazoo about our self-imposed ruling if a neighbor in the area called complaining of the noise of those little boats.
One boat club in NE Ohio has some members that fly also. One day while flying GLIDERS, the cops show up in answer to a noise complaint of the planes overhead.

If your local cable TV has Public Access type of stations, they are always looking for events to show on their channels. Most of the people are in training for future TV work so they'll come out and tape anything for experience and to fill airtime. Watching R/C anything would beat a lot of the other garbage that they air and ours has some really lame stuff on them.

I live in a city where they don't seem to have a problem with R/C. We have 2 county parks that have dedicated sites, one for planes and another for scale ship modelers. I have been approached by the city Parks and Recreation Dept. as one of their employees saw my fliers at a LHS. They called ME to see what they could do for US to acquire a suitable racing site. They have also allowed the local car and trucks racers use of a skating rink to use as a track during the summer.