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And now a new 2023 absurdity, “we cannot enforce noise law -at sea!”

The assumption is that the violators are at ‘sea’ and the Guánica noise law does not apply, BUT, the violation occurs as the excessive sound crosses the beach property line into Guánica! If the noise IN Guánica is excessive, the source can then be fined!

La suposición es que están en el ‘mar’ y la ley de ruido de Guánica no se aplica, PERO, ¡la violación ocurre cuando el sonido excesivo cruza la línea de propiedad de la playa hacia Guánica! ¡Si el ruido EN Guánica es excesivo, entonces la fuente puede ser multada!

SEE CURRENT 2023 NOISE VIOLATIONS, no enforcement: https://playasanta.net/video/





Well, (2020) the bar music is gone, taken over by the rumble of EARTHQUAKES!

We have met some new folks here in Playa Santa, and joining with our core of dear forever friends, some updates are in order.

The noise was contained to bearable, yet illegal, before the rumblings of Dec. 28, 2019 and Jan. 7, 2020.  There was significant work behind the scenes, out of the public eye for peace and good order; thank you!  Part of the economic recovery after the quakes should include the municipality enacting the noise ordnance as outlined by the EQB.

Of course the new issue is dealing with earthquakes past and future.  The big chore is making structures safe and enduring and growing business.

Guánica and EQB Simply Refuse to Enforce the Law on NOISE!

(Still, the natural beauty of Playa Santa is worth visiting!)

Latest Update, Year 6 seeking relief, July 13, 2017; We have outlined a summary on the ongoing noise issue.  We simply seek a path to, on the spot, enforcement.  There will be a meeting of Playa Santa stakeholders Sunday, July 16, 2017.  Feel free to attend.

You can find a summary of the noise issue and relevant law HERE.

Year 4, We Continue Welcoming Help On This Issue; …trying to bring beach music within the limits of the law!  The latest weekend Friday Feb 27 through Sunday Mar 1, 2015.  The sampling:

Friday, noon till after midnight.  https://youtu.be/VU4XrWw0YsA

Excessively loud music and PA talk, start up 104dbagain Saturday morning at 9AM and continues blaring until after midnight again. 

Sunday, 03.01, at noon the noise production shifts to Ancla Flotante, The loudest yet, well over 100 dB.  This continues until dark.

Not only does this bar music drown the beach in noise, well above the physical hearing harm levels of 80 dB, but there is a din of unregulated, competing, noise from personal music devices. Beach goes feeling they want their own, loud, music!

https://youtu.be/8dln8F4FeVg

The complaint, again, to EQB is lost in space.  The noise continues with impunity.

Summary of Noise Law in this case (English)
Summary of Noise Law in this case (Spanish)

Veiw Bar Noise full screen HERE Just being able to hear the bar music, regardless of its decibels, a 1/2 mile away, at any hour, says “absurd” to a quiet neighborhood.
Active Noise Map

Reglamento Contaminación de Ruidos 2011.pdf

Well, after this MLK weekend 2014.01.20, we are back at the beginning, 3 years ago.

Call after call to the police, were responded to, but the music continued to blare.

3PM on Friday to 1AM, picked back up at 7:30AM Saturday till 1AM, same for Sunday. This outside beach party knows no limits, continues with impunity and arrogance.  A lot of homeowner rights are being abused.

I will take this to the media.  The one year honeymoon with the Papichy administration has run its course.

The law is clear, *NO* amplified music after 10PM.  The cop just says, “stop.”

Loudness of the music is also limited other times.  65Db at the property line.  That’s the equivalent sound of standing next to a lawn mower.

The approach to regulating loud noise before 10PM is simple too.  You should not be able to hear a lawn mower running a half mile away!!   One officer positions himself at the Urbanization gate.  He instructs another officer, over the radio, to turn down the sound at the source until acceptable.

Again, we are not saying no music, just respect our rights to quite and the right to decide what music we wish to listen too!  Not complicated.

Nothing worse than late night,  bad,  drunkard Karaoke invading a person’s home. (from 1/2 mile away)

This is from last week:

The late night noise continues.

Read More, Copy of the Law, Petitions, More Links :

Click Here

We have a court date of April 8th, 2013 to address lowering the loud music to within the existing legal limits, by allowing the police to enforce the law.

8:30 AM at the Yauco Municipal Court–Please attend!!

As of the end of April, 2013, we seem to have developed a mutual respect between enforcement, businesss and residents to resolve this issue, outside of court.  Mayor Papichy’s office has been very helpful, once the office understood the severity of the disturbance.  We all want a better Playa Santa, and Guánica!  We will keep you posted as our improvement mission continues.

Current Issue: Click Here

Late Night and Daytime Excessive Music Loudness At Torre de Playa Santa, AEELA and El Ancla Flotate

We are assembling a petition to address these issues.

The petition in Spanish is here. The petition in English here.

Summary of Noise Law in this case (English)

Summary of Noise Law in this case (Spanish)

Some have suggested that the purveyors of the beach paloozas should be the ones seeking exemption of the law rather than those of peace and good order asking for the law to be enforced! We see Playa Santa being so much more than a weekend/holiday drunk spot and will continue to build a better community for Playa Santa and Puerto Rico.  Please help us.

Know Your Rights!

Know Your Rights!

Veiw Bar Noise full screen HERE Just being able to hear the bar music, regardless of its decibels,  a 1/2 mile away, at any hour,  says absurd to a quiet neighborhood.
Active Noise Map

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Jan 3, 2013- Yes, another sewer leak without repair, Rt 325 Ensenada. Help? Thanks, this was fixed the same day of posting by an anonymous kind person! As always, if you see a problem please report it!

If anyone can help find a fix for this sewer break it would be most appreciated. The spill is just past Hotel 1929 entering Ensenada. It has been three weeks and counting! Thousands of gallons of raw sewer to the bay.

Sewer Spill 2013.01.02

Sewer Spill

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