Indian Harbour Beach and Surrounding Towns to Write New Rules Due to  Noise Complaints  

Parties, concerts and festivals are going to be a thing of the past, it's seeming like.  At least, stricter rules will be put in place, in a couple Brevard County Beach-front towns on the Space Coast.

Officials in the towns of Indian Harbour Beach and Indialantic are considering a noise ban after beachfront Condo owners complained about a new outside concert venue that just opened next door. Tide and Tonic, a new booming business in Indian Harbour Beach offers a full bar, menu, and live bands.  

It's the bands that is causing controversy. 

One woman spoke at a public city meeting addressed leaders, "You don’t really want to hear the music of what sounds like a party that you’re not invited to." 

Another woman addressed the meeting and suggested the complainers, "Sell your condo and move if you don't like it." 

The city manager wants to give police more flexibility in making calls when music is too loud. 

"It simplifies it," said Michael Casey who’s the town manager. "We want everyone to be happy, essentially." 

The owner of the Tide and Tonic says he has a decibel meter, and he measures the sound during the sets. 

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"It's a very touchy subject", Blake Moia said, who is a legendary audio engineer from the area.  

"Decibel meters are highly inaccurate. You can't get a solid, accurate reading from those things", Blake Moia said on his radio show. "What exactly are you measuring? Because you have the band playing, the crowd noise, and all these other noises going on...the traffic, the background noise, etc etc and so on and so forth. It's like trying to put a condom on a tiger. Because you're not going to get any good results from it." 

Downtown Melbourne has had very similar problems like this a few years ago. 

"I'm glad I don't work in that business anymore.  I wouldn't touch it with a 200-foot pole", Blake Moia said.