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Very non-specific as to the direct cause of the noise pollution. But the hint is bars and clubs so could overall be a business killer.

I don't really think so. I think we're talking about clubs and bars which are blasting music at 2 AM, when most people are, or WOULD BE asleep, if it weren't for the music blaring away.

I can vouch for that. And I'm talking 15 years ago! Neil and his party boat sailing by blasting music and people drunk and laughing, Lagoonies! We could hear them clear as day across the lagoon. There were tons of new bars opening and blasting. One with a Gorilla stands out.
Police did nothing.
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Yet Buccaneer Beach Bar was required to stop live music at 9 PM several years ago.

Roxxy has been a big part of the problem, blaring music from 7 or 8 pm to 1 or 2 in the morning, making it impossible for residents in the Simpson Bay area, particularly the Villas at Simpson Bay, to sit on their balconies and hold a conversation in a normal tone of voice. On Sundays it starts in mid-afternoon. Their response to complaints: too bad, they have a permit.

Roxxy is closed and don't know when they will reopen.

The old La Bamba blasted til about 1 am some nights. Loved to see that place was torn down!