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Magistrate gives Publix 42 days to fix rooftop chiller noise after neighbor complaints
Summary
At a Sept. 25 special-magistrate hearing, the city presented noise readings from outside a Fort Lauderdale Beach Publix and granted the grocer 42 days to pursue engineering fixes; the magistrate ordered the company to reappear Nov. 6 or face a $500-per-day fine.
A Fort Lauderdale special-magistrate granted Publix Supermarkets Inc. 42 days on Sept. 25 to address nighttime mechanical noise coming from its new Fort Lauderdale Beach store and ordered the company to reappear Nov. 6 or face a $500-per-day fine.
The city presented measurements showing outdoor sound readings above the city's nighttime limit of 50 decibels A-weighted (dBA), with maximum readings of 60 dBA and 62 dBA taken outside a residential balcony near the store at 2985 North Ocean Boulevard. City staff asked the magistrate to enter a finding of fact…
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