Hard Surface Flooring on Ground Levels

In all the discussion I’ve read about the noise impact of hard surface flooring in apartments where owners are wanting to replace some or all of a previously carpeted area, I’ve not seen anyone state the strong case for ground floors to be treated differently from upper levels. Impact noise from hard flooring such as tiles or timber is the main problem yet on ground floors this is not an issue. Airborn sound can be exacerbated by hard flooring relative to carpet but if the hard flooring is not installed in any rooms adjacent to neighboring apartments, this is also not an issue in ground floor apartments. There are some who say that ground floor lots should be treated no differently in hard flooring bylaws to upper level lots but this is illogical as they are different in that they have external entrances from coutryards lawn and garden areas. In our case there are seven extertal doorways apart from the front entrance door and dirt gets traipsed in from the outside which is not the case in the upper level apartments where there are only balconies. Moreover the sound insulation experts advise that impact sound can’t even be measured in ground floor apartments so there clearly is a case for ground floor lots to be treated differently in relation to flooring by laws.