Vacation rental guests must comply with Clearwater Code Section 3-1508, which prohibits loud and raucous noise audible from 100 feet away or that disturbs reasonable persons in adjacent dwellings.
Clearwater regulates noise from short-term rentals under Code Section 3-1508. The ordinance makes it unlawful to make or allow loud and raucous noise that can be heard on public streets, in public parks, or inside any occupied dwelling at a distance of 100 feet or more from the source, measured in a straight line from the speaker, motor, or instrument generating the sound. Loud and raucous noise is defined by volume, duration, and character that annoys, disturbs, or endangers the comfort, health, or safety of reasonable people. Florida Statute 509.032(7) preserves a city's ability to enforce general noise rules against vacation rentals even though the state preempts duration-based regulation. Hosts typically include quiet-hour clauses in their guest agreements to limit late-night liability.
A noise violation may result in a code citation, escalating municipal fines, and potential suspension of a rental's Pinellas County Certificate of Use after repeated complaints.
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