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City attorney: noise enforcement in entertainment district relies on decibel readings; police to run baseline tests with venue owners
Summary
Assistant city attorney Natalie explained that inside the entertainment district noise violations generally require exceeding certified-decibel thresholds, while outside the district a complaint requires the sound to be plainly audible 200 feet away; police will conduct baseline tests with bar owners to help clarify enforcement.
City attorney Natalie explained during the April virtual workshop how Panama City's noise ordinance applies in the entertainment district and the residential areas that surround it. "If you're within the entertainment district, the sounds must violate the decibel readings first," she said, noting ambient noise can make it hard to exceed meter thresholds.
Natalie said outside the entertainment district a complaint requires that sound be plainly audible 200 feet from the source in a…
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