By Valerie Kalfrin
The Tampa Tribune

TAMPA - Police arrested two managers and a disc jockey at Club Fuel this week on a second-degree misdemeanor accusing them of violating the city’s noise ordinance, police said.

The managers, Richard Mackizer, 38, and Blerim Ljena, 34, both of Tampa, were released from a Hillsborough County jail on $250 bail Friday morning, jail records show.

Also charged was disc jockey Christopher P. Jenkins, 30, address unavailable, Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. Jenkins was not booked into a jail but issued a notice to appear in court, she said.

According to a criminal report affidavit for Ljena, police conducted a noise-meter reading outside the club at 1720 E. 7th Ave. about 12:39 a.m. Friday. The meter displayed a reading of 95.7 decibels, which is a violation of the city’s noise ordinance.

The maximum noise level allowed in the downtown business district, Ybor City and Channel district between 6 p.m. and 3 a.m. is 87 decibels, the ordinance states.

McElroy said violators of the ordinance are issued a warning on the first instance of noncompliance, then arrested after repeated violations.

Ljena previously was cited on June 15 when police measured the noise at 91.6 decibels, the affidavit states.

Police have issued Mackizer three warnings for excessive noise since January, McElroy said.

Since the ordinance went into effect in April 2006, police have arrested nine other people for violation of the ordinance, McElroy said. All were club owners, managers or disc jockeys, she said.

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