Coconut Creek, FL Noise Ordinances: Decibel Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Single-family night limit
- 5 dBA/dBC above ambient or 60, whichever is greater
- Single-family other times
- 10 dBA/dBC above ambient or 65, whichever is greater
- Multi-family night limit
- 5 above ambient or 65 dBA/dBC
- All other districts
- Night 70, other times 75 dBA/dBC minimum ceiling
- Night window
- 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Sunday to Thursday, 9:00 a.m. weekend end
- Pure tone
- Minus 5 dBA/dBC
Summary
In the City of Coconut Creek, Florida, Section 14-30 sets Table I limits by receiving zoning district. A single-family district is held to 5 dBA/dBC above ambient or 60 dBA/dBC, whichever is greater, at night, and 10 above ambient or 65 at other times. Pure tones drop each limit by 5.
TABLE I: Maximum Permitted Sound Levels in Decibels (dBA/dbC) Receiving Zoning District: Between the nighttime to morning hours of the next day, specifically 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on the following days: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday; and between the weekend nighttime hours starting at 11:59 p.m. on Friday into 9:00 a.m. on Saturday (and 11:59 p.m. on Saturday into 9:00 a.m. on Sunday). All other times. Single-family Detached Residential (RS-1, RS-2, RS-3, RS-4) Districts; Single-family Detached Residential portions of Planned Unit Development (PUD) District: 5 dBA/dBC above ambient sound level or maximum of 60 dBA/dBC, whichever is greater. 10 dBA/dBC above ambient sound level or maximum of 65 dBA/dBC, whichever is greater. ... (c)For any source of sound which emits a pure tone for a continued duration, the maximum sound level limits set forth in table I, above, shall be reduced by five (5) dBA/dBC.
Full Breakdown
Table I in Section 14-30 is the numeric core of the Coconut Creek noise article, adopted May 26, 2022 (Ord. No. 2022-008). The limit is measured at the real property boundary of the receiving land and applies to sound for a continued duration, meaning fifteen minutes or more without interruption. The night window is 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday, plus 11:59 p.m. Friday into 9:00 a.m. Saturday and 11:59 p.m. Saturday into 9:00 a.m. Sunday. Every other time is the daytime column.
The numbers by receiving district are these. Single-family detached districts (RS-1 through RS-4) and single-family portions of a PUD: night 5 dBA/dBC above ambient or 60, whichever is greater; other times 10 above ambient or 65. Residential cluster (RC-5, RC-8), RM-10 multi-family, MH-1 mobile home park, and multi-family portions of a PUD or Planned Mainstreet Development District: night 5 above ambient or 65; other times 10 above ambient or 70. All other districts: night 10 above ambient or 70; other times 10 above ambient or 75. Noise-generating land uses get the same limit as their district, plus 5 dBA/dBC over ambient or 10 over the district maximum, whichever is greater, at night.
Section 14-29(b) fixes the method: a calibrated sound level meter, slow response, A-scale, three-minute LAeq, read at the receiving property line at least five feet above ground. A meter reading is an alternative the city uses in its sole discretion. Section 14-30(c) reduces each limit by five dBA/dBC for a pure tone, and § 14-30(d) sends emergency signaling and the § 14-28 exceptions outside the table.
Violations & Fines
Under § 14-35(c) penalties follow § 1-8. Chapter 14 fines run $50 for a first offense, $75 for a second, $100 for a third and $100 to $500 for a fourth, with a $25 special master processing fee and up to $250 in extraordinary cases. Uninterrupted noise can be fined per diem, and recurring noise escalates per day. The code enforcement division and police department enforce.
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