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St. Augustine adopts new hybrid noise ordinance after yearlong study
Summary
City Commission approved an amended noise control ordinance that combines plainly audible standards with meter-based measurements and expands enforcement options after a year of field testing and legal review.
The St. Augustine City Commission on June 23 adopted an amended noise control ordinance that creates a hybrid enforcement system combining a plainly audible standard, distance-based limits, and meter-based measurements.
City officials said the change follows roughly 15 months of data collection and legal review designed to produce a standard that is enforceable and workable for both residential and commercial settings. Assistant Chief Anthony Cuthbert of the St. Augustine Police Department and consultant Eric Zwirling briefed commissioners on the scientific and legal work behind the rewrite.
“This provision here addresses the deficiencies that I found in the Miami Beach and the Gainesville codes. This allows for that observation to be made immediately in proximity to the facility,” consultant Eric Zwirling told the commission during the presentation, describing why a plainly…
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