QuietTheRiverwalk.com  ·  Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Fort Lauderdale's Riverwalk
Deserves a Good Night's Sleep

The noise rules governing our neighborhood were written in 2008 — before a single residential high-rise existed in the immediate Special Entertainment District area.

More than 2,300 units later, NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

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The Problem

Fort Lauderdale's Special Entertainment District allows amplified sound up to 85 dBA until 1 am on weekends — rules written in 2008 when zero residential buildings existed in the immediate area. Today, more than 2,300 families live in that same corridor. The rules haven't kept up.

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Timeline

How the neighborhood changed — while the rules stayed still

2008
SED noise rules written — 0 residential units
2014
New River Yacht Club Phase 1 opens — 249 units
2019
Major entertainment venue opens on the Riverwalk
2020
X Las Olas (Society, Phase 1) opens — 650 units
2020
100 Las Olas opens — 351 units (113 condos + 238 hotel rooms)
2023
New River Yacht Club Phase 2 (Regatta) opens — 349 units
2024
Harbour at New River opens — 337 units
2024
Rivr Lofts opens — 352 units
2026
Hanover Riverwalk opens — 380 units
Since 2019: 6 additional residential buildings, 2,081+ units added in the immediate area. Total: approximately 2,330 residential units governed by a noise rule written when zero apartments existed in the district.

The Ask

We ask the City of Fort Lauderdale to adopt noise standards that reflect what this neighborhood actually is — a place where thousands of families work, live, and SLEEP:

NO BUSINESS SHOULD HOLD SPECIAL NOISE PERMISSIONS THAT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS.

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