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St. Pete Beach staff to draft noise ordinance revisions using relative-decibel standard after commission consensus
Summary
City staff received commission direction to pursue amendments that pair an absolute decibel standard with a receiving-property, relative-decibel test (example: no single source exceeding ambient by more than 5 dB), expand enforcement windows to include wind-down hours and standardize technical conditions for conditional-use permits.
City staff will draft revisions to the city’s noise ordinance after receiving direction from the St. Pete Beach City Commission to pursue a combined approach: retain absolute decibel limits and add a relative, receiving-property standard that compares a sound source to background ambient levels.
Planner Brandon Berry presented the concepts and said staff explored lowering the absolute receiving limits and a plainly-audible standard used elsewhere, but encountered enforcement and technical issues. Berry recommended a combined approach that pairs commonly measured absolute limits (the city currently uses 65 dB daytime / 55 dB nighttime) with a relative rule — for example, prohibiting a single sound source from exceeding the ambient level at a complainant’s property…
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