Hollywood, FL Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)

Section 100.08 requires every nonresidential establishment from which amplified musical entertainment, whether live or recorded, emanates to be equipped with a noise level detection device that alerts occupants of the property when sound is running too high, so bars, restaurants and clubs cannot claim ignorance of a violation. Vacation rentals face a parallel obligation under § 100.08(B), which cross-references Chapter 119's noise level detection device requirements. The chapter backs this up with an escalating operational penalty in § 100.09(F): if a nonresidential property is adjudicated for violating the nighttime nonresidential sound limit in § 100.02(F)(1), which caps continuous sound at 75 dBA/75 dBC after 10:00 p.m.

(11:00 p.m. weekends), two or more times within any 30-day period, the establishment must change its closing hours to 10:00 p.m. for the following 30 days regardless of its normal license. That closing-hour rollback is distinct from, and in addition to, the standard monetary fine schedule, and it applies on top of any extended-hours license the city could otherwise revoke under § 113.26.