Miami Beach residents press Good Time Hotel over rooftop noise; operators say complaints are rare

Several Flamingo Park residents told the Miami Beach Planning Board on June 27 that rooftop music and late-night noise from the Good Time Hotel has repeatedly disturbed nearby homes and roof terraces, particularly on Saturdays. The hour-long discussion item included community members’ accounts of frequent weekend events, hotel neighbors’ testing of sound impacts and hotel representatives’ assurances that the property has dramatically reduced complaints and is working with residents.

Neighbors described regular Thursday-to-Sunday noise earlier in the hotel’s operation and said they still sometimes hear intrusive sound despite mitigation attempts. “It’s every — almost every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. They have a rooftop outdoor club blasting music across the Flamingo Park neighborhood,” resident Charles Fisher told the board, saying the noise made outdoor use…