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Residents press Dade City to enforce noise ordinance after repeated late-night parties on Twelfth Street
Summary
Multiple residents described ongoing loud parties on Twelfth Street that blocked the roadway and disrupted elderly residents; commissioners and staff said the city's amended noise ordinance allows civil citations and directed the city manager and police chief to designate officers as code-enforcement officers to enable nighttime enforcement.
At the March 11 meeting, several Twelfth Street residents told the Dade City Commission they have endured repeated late-night parties and loud music that left one resident and her elderly mother temporarily displaced.
Sharia Lewis, a Twelfth Street resident, described calling dispatch repeatedly over several nights and said officers who were on scene did not issue citations until Mayor Pro Tem Angel Woodard arrived. "I had to leave my home with my 80–year‑old mother … I had to load up all her medical equipment to take to…
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