FORT PIERCE — Fort Pierce officials are considering changes to the city’s noise ordinance following more than 1,900 complaints over a one-year period.
Sean Coss, the city’s director of community response, outlined several issues with the current ordinance, including gaps in its schedule, inconsistencies in its language and limits on enforcement.
“There are three major concerns. One, there is no residential sound level limitation on Sundays between 1 p.m. and 11 p.m. Two, there are ambiguities in the ordinance and language in the ordinance is not consistent with state statutes. And three, the current ordinance requires warnings and limits civil citations and criminal enforcement for violations reoccurring within the same 24-hour period at the same location,” he said…