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Kissimmee adopts stricter, tiered noise limits and allows outdoor speakers until midnight for certain businesses
Summary
The City Commission approved Ordinance 3119 (Proposed Ordinance 25-07) changing allowable decibel levels and enforcement for outdoor sound in the CRA and citywide; the vote was 4-0 with Commissioner Alvarez absent.
KISSIMMEE — The Kissimmee City Commission on Tuesday approved Ordinance 3119 (proposed Ordinance 25-07), revising the city’s noise rules to establish tiered decibel limits and to allow outdoor speakers until midnight for certain alcohol-licensed businesses. The ordinance passed by voice/roll-call vote 4-0; Commissioner Alvarez was absent.
The ordinance keeps a maximum of 85 decibels from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., lowers the limit to 70 decibels from 10 p.m. to midnight (the commission amended an earlier draft that used 75 decibels in that period), and sets 65 decibels from midnight until 7 a.m. The new rules permit outdoor loudspeakers for businesses that hold an alcohol sales business tax receipt (BTR) and meet other location and orientation requirements; staff and commissioners said the extended speaker allowance was intended only for existing businesses meeting those conditions.
City Attorney (staff) summarized the changes at the second and final reading,…
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