New Year's Eve Noise Curfew Extended Forever

City leaders adopted a permanent, New Year's Eve night extension of Dunedin's noise curfew during a commission meeting at City Hall on Dec. 20.

In perpetuity, Dunedin party goers get an extra hour and a half to play on New Year's Eve. City leaders unanimously adopted a permanent, New Year's Eve night extension of Dunedin's noise curfew during a public meeting on Dec. 20. The extension will allow merchants throughout Dunedin to keep music and bands playing until 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 1, instead of the city's nightly 11 p.m. noise cap. The allowance for amplified sound stays at 65 decibels.  Officials adopted a nearly identical one-time extension last year. Wendy Barmore, a Downtown Dunedin Merchants Association leader, brought 400 signatures supporting an annual extension and requested city officials consider the extension become part of the city's code. "You don't want to stop the …

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Turn Down the Stereo! Pretty Please?

Noise pollution: what are a citizen’s tools to stop intrusive noise?

We have all been on at least one side of the noise dial: We are at a stoplight and there is a significant amount of noise. For those creating the sound, they perhaps call it “sound enlightenment” or a gracious display of giving music to the world. For others, it is simply called noise pollution.  For “sound enlightenment” readers, someone may have told you to turn it down, and you then showed them your fondness of the kingdom of Animal, phylum of Chordata, and the Class of Aves (scientific classification for birds in general) with non-verbal finger gestures. For those that consider loud vehicle sounds as noise pollution, you may have equally shown your love of our flying natured friends in a similar manner.  There are a significant …

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