Neighborhood
Blaring Sound Systems into the Night
Party boats and luxury yachts constantly assault condo towers with loud music far beyond what the City’s code allows.
Local resident Brian Andrews wrote for Downtown News: “Some would say the vibe in Downtown Miami is largely positive. We have new buildings, new restaurants, and lots of new neighbors arriving from all over the world! However, there’s another vibe in Downtown Miami that few people living along the north and south sides of the Miami River are happy about. It’s the late-night vibe of passing pleasure boaters blaring their sound systems into the night. On any given Friday night, Saturday night, or Sunday night after midnight, you can hear all your favorite Reggaeton and profanity-laced pop hits as if you were sitting in a stadium at a high decibel concert. The noise is amplified off the water and off the sides of the condo towers.”
A Loud Problem
The incessant loud music is far beyond what the City’s code allows. One ordinance stipulates, for example: “Noise or Music from any Building, Premises or Vehicle Noise or music that is plainly audible at a distance of 100 feet from a building, premises or vehicle, from which such noise or music is produced is unlawful. The fact that the noise or music is plainly audible at a distance of 100 feet from the building, premises or vehicle from which it originates is evidence of a violation. This prohibition does not apply to activities and events held in or upon any city-owned facility or other city-owned property.”
Change on the Horizon?
Downtown Neighbors Alliance’s James Torres indicated through a written statement: “Today the DNA along with the Miami PD (Marine Patrol) and the River Commission started to address some items along the Miami River and Biscayne Bay. We are addressing the following: Loud noise that impacts several of our community residential homes. Also, addressing the “NO WAKE ZONE in the River. Addressing the Joia Beach/Picnic Island, and along the Venetian Causeway.”
As one downtown resident put it: “Codes and ordinances without enforcement are just paper.” The DNA’s initiative to push for enforcement is good news.
