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Resident asks county to enforce night-noise rules near State Road 78 after repeated 3 a.m. disturbances
Summary
Mike Ashmore, a long-time property owner near State Road 78, told commissioners he has been awoken multiple nights by truck horns and reversing alarms around 3 a.m. He said communication from code enforcement has stalled and requested enforcement data and a possible engineering study.
Mike Ashmore, a 25-year property owner on Helm Lane, told the Glades County Board of County Commissioners that he has been woken repeatedly in the early morning by truck horns and reversing alarms from operations near State Road 78.
Ashmore said the disturbances occurred “5 days out of 7” at roughly 3:04 a.m., 3:09 a.m., 3:24 a.m., 3:10 a.m. and 3:52 a.m., and that code-enforcement staff stopped responding to his complaints. He asked what enforcement actions and studies, if any, the county had conducted.
Why this matters: Repeated night-time noise can affect residents’ health and quality of life. Ashmore cited the county’s nighttime noise threshold — he said it is 55 decibels — and asked whether police measurements had been taken at property lines and whether the county would pursue additional study or enforcement.
What was said (selected): Ashmore recounted: “Since our meeting, 5 days out of 7, I have been woken by truck horns at times 304 AM, 309 AM, 3:24 AM, 3:10 AM, and 3:52 AM.” He said he had “received no reply” from prior reports and asked how many complaints had been made and what enforcement resulted.
Requests and next steps: Ashmore asked to appear again at the next commission meeting and suggested an independent engineering study — possibly by a local college or university — to find ways for residents and the nearby operations to coexist. No formal motion or vote on enforcement or study was recorded in the transcript.
