Businesses and Residences with more than 6 repeat calls for noise in St. Petersburg, Florida

Noise is not just a downtown issue in St. Petersburg, Florida. It's citywide.

St. Petersburg Fl
Public Opinion by author: Robert Neff

The interactive map plots businesses and residences addresses with more than 6 repeat noise calls. Use this The toggle button,

to toggle between the  toggle the business and residences layers.

For addresses with greater than 6 repeat noise calls, residences account for more calls than businesses. However, businesses have a higher population density than residences. Thus, business noise has a greater impact on the nearby population.

In 2016, the #1 and #2 ranked business for repeat noise calls were not downtown but in Skyway Marina District and Bartlett Park Neighborhood, and they are, respectively, Flamingo Resort and Hollywood Nights South.

The data investigation found that addresses could be separated into four categories:

• Business (Businesses are defined as bars, clubs, entertainment complexes, hotels, restaurants and storefronts), 
• Residences (Homes, Apartments, Condos), 
• Intersections — Not included on above map
• Individuals. The address for the one noise citation for an individual was not found in the data and not included. 

An analysis of the addresses with more than six (6) repeat noise calls revealed 59 addresses accounted for 650 calls, where:

• 13 Business had 239 calls
• 43 Residences had 366 calls
• 3 Intersections had 45 calls

Three intersections are not included in above map.

• 22 calls at 13TH AV S / DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ST S, St. Petersburg, Florida 
• 14 calls at 13TH ST S / 24TH AV S, St. Petersburg, Florida 
• 9 calls at 12TH AV S / DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ST S, St. Petersburg, Florida 

The businesses that had greater than 6 repeat noise calls are listed here:

† Need to research the Call for Service Report to determine if this was for the bar that moved out. 

AUTHOR BIO

When the City of St. Petersburg noise issue became an issue for others and him, Mr. Neff dusted off his skills to conduct an investigation, data collection and data analysis.

Should you have a noise-related story to share or have a question, contact me directly via email.

Public input is being sought on the Noise Ordinance. You may express your concerns and thoughts by emailing the Mayor at mayor@stpete.org, and your council member, council@stpete.org.

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