Miramar, FL Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)
Amplified music rules in Miramar, FL, also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances, set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Key Facts
- Permit required
- City manager permit for audible radios/instruments
- Allowed hours
- 11:30am-1pm and 5-8pm only
- Distance cap
- Sound audible no more than 300 feet
- Late-night ban
- No loud instruments/radio 11pm-7am (§10-116)
- Default penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 60 days jail (§1-13)
Summary
Playing a radio, speaker or musical instrument in Miramar so the sound reaches public streets or neighboring properties requires a city manager permit, and even permitted sound is capped to carry no more than 300 feet during two narrow midday and evening windows.
Sec. 10-112. - Musical instruments and radios. It shall be unlawful for any person, without a permit from the city manager or his authorized designee, to maintain and operate in any place or on any premises in the city, any radio or other mechanical musical instrument or device of any kind whereby the sounds therefrom are cast directly upon public streets and places... provided, however, that between the hours from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. such radios or other mechanical musical instruments or devices may be maintained or operated in such a manner that the sounds therefrom may be heard not more than a distance of three hundred (300) feet therefrom.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 104 | Land Development Code: Supplement 46).
Full Breakdown
Section 10-112 of the Code of Ordinances, "Musical instruments and radios," makes it unlawful to operate any radio or mechanical musical instrument on a premises in Miramar without a permit from the city manager or their designee, if the sound is cast directly onto public streets and places, is used for advertising or to attract the passing public, or can be heard by travelers on the street or by neighboring residents to their annoyance. , a permitted radio or instrument may be operated as long as the sound does not carry more than 300 feet from the source.
Outside those two windows, or beyond that distance, the operation is a violation even with a permit. " Section 10-117 exempts city vehicles on public business, nighttime road or bridge repairs by the city, county or state when daytime work is impractical, and the reasonable, noncommercial use of amplifiers or loudspeakers for public addresses. Because § 10-112 does not set its own penalty, a violation falls under the Code's general penalty section, § 1-13: a fine up to $500, imprisonment up to 60 days, or both, and each day the violation continues counts as a new, separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Operating a radio, speaker or musical instrument audible on public streets or by neighbors without a city manager permit, or exceeding the 300-foot audibility limit during the 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. windows, violates § 10-112 and is punishable under the general penalty of § 1-13: up to a $500 fine, up to 60 days imprisonment, or both, with each day a separate offense.
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