Palm Coast, FL Noise Ordinances: Industrial Noise (2026)

Code of Ordinances Chapter 35, Article II, Division 2 does not publish a numeric dB-by-zone table - all stationary commercial and industrial noise is reachable through the general Sec. 35-51 'loud and raucous noise' standard (sound that annoys or disturbs reasonable persons measured 50+ feet from the source). Because Palm Coast was developed in 1969 as the ITT Levitt 'Palm Coast' master-planned community and remains predominantly residential, the city has very limited 'I' (Industrial) zoning - most industrial-type uses are concentrated near US-1, the FEC railroad corridor, and the Bunnell border (where the City's only true industrial parcels and the County's Flagler Executive Airport are located). Land Development Code (LDC) Chapter 11 governs zoning, buffers, screening, and performance standards. LDC Sec. 11.03.01(H) requires that 'structures such as dumpster enclosures, mechanical equipment, backflow preventers, wells, pumps, tanks, buffer walls, HVAC units, transformers, lift stations, utility cabinets, electrical panels, or cable television equipment shall be fully screened with planting beds in areas that are visible from the public right-of-way' - screen height a minimum of 30 inches at installation. PUD and site-plan approvals routinely impose project-specific noise, lighting, hour-of-operation, and equipment-screening conditions for any commercial or light-industrial use abutting residential zoning. Industrial-noise complaints go to City of Palm Coast Code Enforcement (386-986-3764); persistent violations are referred to the Code Enforcement Board for escalating daily fines.