Bar and club owners in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida are furious. The city has instructed bars and clubs that they must take actions to stop noise from leaving the bars after 11pm each night. In an area full of beach bars and outdoor performances, the ruling came like a punch to the gut.
Several venues, including the infamous Elbo Room, are well known for having live musicians perform well into the evening. Now their performances are shorter and occur during the bar’s slowest early hours. Many beach bars have opted to switch to indoor house music after the sound curfew.
Most of the area’s beach bars were cited for not having adequate soundproofing to prevent noise problems after the 11pm cutoff. City officials say that sound should not be heard beyond the owner’s property lines – and neighboring condo owners, the ones making the complaints, agree.
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