Miramar, FL Noise Ordinances: Aircraft Noise (2026)

Section 10-111, in Chapter 10's noise article, is narrower than a general aircraft-noise ordinance: it regulates sound-broadcasting equipment carried on an aircraft or vehicle, not engine noise or overflight operations, which fall under exclusive FAA jurisdiction. The operative text makes it unlawful to operate in the city any wagon, airplane, truck or vehicle upon which there is placed any sound device whereby announcements or broadcasts are made, or music is played, unless a permit has been granted by the city manager or a designee. An applicant must ask the city manager for the permit, and the manager can flatly deny it if the broadcast will be detrimental to the best interests of the public. There is no numeric decibel test in the section; the standard is the city manager's discretion.

If a permit is granted, § 10-111(b) lets the city manager attach conditions so that the peace and quiet of the inhabitants of the city shall not be interfered with, and a permit holder who violates those conditions faces revocation plus prosecution under the article's general penalty. Because Miramar has no separate section addressing airport operations, jet or helicopter flyover noise, or flight paths, and federal law preempts local regulation of aircraft in flight, this permit requirement over broadcast equipment is the only aircraft-specific noise provision in the city's code.