C4D-Ref- NCAC - Special Events Programming At N Beach Bandshell Related To Noisg MIAMI BEACH
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Philip Levine and Members the City tsston
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: May21,2014
TO DISCUSS SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAMMING AT THE NORTH BEACH
BANDSHELL AS 1T RELATES TO NOISE.
BACKGROUND
Chapter 12, Article ll entitled, Specla/ Events, of the City Code provides the City Manager or
hisiher designee with the authority to issue, modify or revoke permits for special events. Section
12-5.(8), authorizes the City Manager or his/her designee to issue a permit that authorizes a
special event in conflict with Chapter 46, Article lV, of the Code, or other applicable noise
ordinance, only where the applicant has met all of the City's requirements for obtaining a permit as
prescribed and when the special event cannot be performed in compliance with the applicable
noise ordinance. Such a permit must specify the precise manner by which the noise ordinance
may be exceeded, by what duration, and at what locations. The City Manager, or designee, is
authorized to modify or revoke any such permit at his sole discretion.
The following describes the current process:r A letter of request from the renter is sent to the Parks and Recreation Director requesting a
noise exemption.. The renter must also send letters to the two neighboring condo associations informing them
of the upcoming event and their request for a noise exemption.r Parks and Recreation prepares a memo to the City Manager or designee requesting the
exemption with all attached letters.r The City Manager or designee approves or denies exemption.
With the recent concerns raised by neighboring residents of the North Beach Bandshell, I have
advised staff that I would be scrutinizing any such requests more closely. ln addition, all requests
must now include specific event information, such as:
. Type ofevent. Time of noise. Type of amplified sound - band, DJ, etc. Type of instruments to be used. What the community benefit would be
This information is also being included to any notification letters that are distributed to the
. neighboring condo associations.
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Referral to Neighborhoods - Bandshell Noise
May 21 , 2014
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Live music events at the North Beach Bandshell are often louder than ambient music and can be
heard at a distance. On a typical year, approximately six to eight noise exemptions are processed.
Since the North Beach Blue Ribbon Committee has strongly advocated for greater programming of
the Band Shell, a discussion regarding the types of events and the noise issue is appropriate.
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