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Resident asks local leaders to remove school exemption from Sarasota noise ordinance amid stadium and band complaints
Summary
A Sarasota resident told the convocation a petition from more than 100 neighbors documents repeated excessive stadium PA and early band practice noise near Sarasota High School and urged removing the City of Sarasota's noise-ordinance exemption for schools.
A Sarasota resident urged local leaders at the convocation to change city policy after saying persistent stadium and band noise has affected multiple neighborhoods.
Steven Martinucci, who identified himself as a neighborhood spokesperson, said he submitted a petition signed by more than 100 residents near Sarasota High School asking the City of Sarasota to remove an exemption that currently excludes schools from parts of the city's noise ordinance. He told the assembled school board members and municipal officials that stadium PA announcements, baseball batting‑cage noise, HVAC and early morning band practices (he said rehearsals began as early as 6:30 a.m.) carry into homes in nearby Alta Vista, Arlington Park and Avondale neighborhoods.
Martinucci said the principal has singled him out as a lone complainer but that multiple neighborhood association presidents have raised the same concerns. He asked the district and city to lower stadium volume levels, redirect speakers inward, and apply the same local noise oversight to schools that other entities follow.
No formal response or action was recorded in the convocation transcript; city or district staff did not announce a follow‑up plan during the meeting. The district and city representatives in the room were told the petition exists and that residents expect officials to act.
