Coconut Creek, FL Noise from Specific Sources: Bar & Nightclub Noise (2026)
Key Facts
- On-premises alcohol cutoff
- 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. daily under § 3-2(a)
- MainStreet extended hours
- 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. next day, seven days a week
- Extended hours license fee
- $1,000 per license, renewed each October 1
- Restaurant test
- 2,500 sq ft service area, 150 seats, 51% food revenue
- Insurance required
- $1,000,000 liability per occurrence
- Revocation
- City manager revokes at once; 30 days to appeal
Summary
In the City of Coconut Creek, Broward County, Florida, on-premises alcohol sales stop between 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. under Code § 3-2. In the MainStreet district, a licensee that wants to serve from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. needs an extended hours license, and one condition is a totally enclosed building with no audible noise outside.
(a)On-premise consumption. No licensee for consumption on the premises shall sell or offer for sale, deliver, service or permit to be consumed upon the premises of such licensee any beer, wines or alcoholic beverages of any kind, regardless of alcoholic content, on any day between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., except as provided in subsection (c) below. ... (c)Consumption on premises in area of the regional activity center. A licensee for consumption on premises within the area of the Regional Activity Center, commonly called "MainStreet" may apply for an extended hours license, which license shall allow the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. of the following day, seven (7) days a week. ... a.The licensee's business is within a totally enclosed building or structure, and noise that does not constitute a nuisance is not audible from outside the building. ... (4)Should the city manager find and determine that the licensee has violated any condition of the extended hours license, he may immediately revoke said extended hour license.
Full Breakdown
Coconut Creek regulates bar and late-night venue noise through its alcohol licensing chapter and its general noise article, not through a separate bar-specific decibel limit. Section 3-2(a) bars any on-premises licensee from selling, serving or permitting consumption of beer, wine or any alcoholic beverage between 2:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. Section 3-2(c) creates one exception, limited to the Regional Activity Center known as MainStreet, which section 13-360 bounds by Wiles Road on the north, Sample Road on the south, Lyons Road on the east and State Road No. 7 on the west. A licensee there can apply for an extended hours license that allows sale and consumption from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. the next day, seven days a week.
The license carries real conditions. The business must be a restaurant under F.S. § 561.20(2)(a)(4) with 2,500 square feet of service area, seating for 150 people at tables for full course meals, and at least 51 percent of gross revenue from food and nonalcoholic beverages. The application costs $1,000 per license, and the City Commission approves it by motion only if the conditions are met. Those conditions include operation within a totally enclosed building or structure where noise that does not constitute a nuisance is not audible from outside the building, security staff sufficient to keep the public peace, limited food service during the extended hours, and $1,000,000 in liability insurance per occurrence. Licenses expire each October 1 and renew for one-year periods with another $1,000 fee.
Sound that leaves a bar door or patio is also measured under Article II of Chapter 14. Section 14-30 sets limits at the receiving property line by the zoning district that receives the sound. Single-family districts are held to 5 dBA/dBC above ambient or 60 dBA/dBC at night, and all other districts to 10 dBA/dBC above ambient or 70 dBA/dBC at night, whichever is greater, and 75 dBA/dBC at other times. A pure tone lowers each limit by 5.
Violations & Fines
A violation of Chapter 3 is punished under § 1-8 with fines of $50 for a first offense, $100 for a second, $150 for a third and $200 to $500 for a fourth, and each day is a separate offense under § 3-4. The city manager can immediately revoke an extended hours license for breaking any condition, and the licensee has 30 days to appeal in writing to the City Commission. Chapter 14 noise violations carry $50, $75, $100, then $100 to $500.
Frequently Asked Questions
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