LTC 104-2025 Quarterly Noise Report Q3-2024 (July - September 2024)MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric Carpenter, City Manager� ��
March 10, 2025
Quarterly Noise Report Q3-2024 (July - September 2024)
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (L TC) is to provides noise data and analysis on the Code
Compliance Department's (Code) enforcement efforts regarding the city's noise ordinance. The
analysis includes the quarterly report Q3-2024 (July -September 2024). The data presented in this
L TC is submitted in accordance to the requirements established in the 2008 Noise Administrative
Guidelines, which were adopted via resolution and approved on October 7, 2008.
The information provided in this report is based on the data obtained from Energov, the database
utilized by Code to track all cases, including noise complaints. The report includes the following
documentation:
•Attachment A: Detailed data table for all noise cases for Q3-2024.
•Attachment B: Disposition of noise cases presented to, filed for appeal, or scheduled to be
heard at Special Magistrate Hearings for Q3-2024.
I.Summary of Q3-2024
During Q3-2024, there were a total of 331 noise cases opened and/or investigated by either Code or
Police. Of these, 14 cases were routed to or addressed by Police during periods that Code does not
operate and four (4) did not comply with the requirements outlined in Senate Bill 60. This bill
mandates that individuals submitting complaints must provide their name and address to the local
government before an investigation can take place.
When the above referenced 18 cases are subtracted from the total number of noise investigations,
the result is 313 cases with a disposition. The disposition reflects several possible outcomes including
whether the noise complaint met or failed to meet the noise violation threshold.
Achieving compliance is a principal goal for Code as it relates to the city's noise ordinance.
Compliance is determined after assessment of the complaint by the code compliance officer (CCO)
and it is established that the reported noise level is not excessive, unusual and/or unnecessary. This
determination may be realized because the noise was lowered prior to the CCO's arrival, an
exemption was granted by permit, the noise level was not loud or excessive, the noise was not audible
at 100 feet after 11 PM or the noise was lowered as a direct result of a violation or warning being
issued. During the rating period, compliance was achieved in 288 of the 313 cases handled by Code
resulting in a compliance rate of 92% including the 51 cases achieving compliance by the issuance
of a notice of violation or warning.
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