Fort Myers, FL Noise from Specific Sources: HVAC & Mechanical Noise (2026)

(a)The following shall be permitted:(1)The operation of warning or emergency devices, such as sirens, horns, and bells when utilized for their intended purpose.(2)Noises resulting from equipment or operations incidental to the installation, maintenance or repair of facilities or restoration of services such as public utilities, public refuse collection and/or public sanitation or any emergency activities in the public interest.(3)Operation of equipment or conduct of activities normal to residential or agricultural communities, such as lawn care, soil cultivation, domestic power tools, lawnmowers, maintenance of trees, hedges, gardens, refuse collection, saws and tractors, street sweepers, mosquito fogging, tree trimming and limb chipping, and other normal community operations, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.(4)Residential air conditioners.(b)Application for waivers of relief from the maximum allowable noise limits designated in this section shall be made in writing to the city council. Any waiver granted by the city council must be in writing and shall contain conditions upon which said permit shall be effective. The city council, in granting a permit, may prescribe any reasonable conditions or requirements they deem necessary to minimize adverse effects upon the community or surrounding neighborhood. (Code 1963, § 23-22; Code 1991, § 11-154; Ord. No. 3063, § 4, 4-15-2002; Ord. No. 3697, § 1, 2-18-2014)

Secs. 54-200—54-225. - Reserved.