Noise Ordinances in Kitsap County, WA (2026)
6 rules for unincorporated Kitsap County, Washington.
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Quiet Hours
Kitsap County Code § 10.28.040(b) cuts every environmental noise limit by 10 dBA between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. for any Class A receiving property, the county's residential, agricultural, forestry and undeveloped-land zones, sharpening the daytime dBA ceilings into a nighttime quiet-hours standard across unincorporated Kitsap County.
Kitsap County Nighttime Quiet Hours
Some RestrictionsKitsap County Code § 10.28.040(b); § 10.28.030(a)
§ 10.28.030(a) Residential Zones. Class A EDNA residential zones shall include the following: (1) All single-family residential zones; (2) All multiple-family residential zones; (3) Residential mobile home zone; (4) Agricultural zone; (5) Forestry zone; (6) Undeveloped land zone. § 10.28.040(b) Between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., the noise limitations of the foregoing table shall be ...
Construction Hours
Kitsap County Code § 10.28.070 exempts construction-site sounds from the county's decibel limits and public disturbance rules, but only during the day: the exemption stops covering noise once it reaches a Class A residential property between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., which functions as the county's construction-hours cutoff in the unincorporated area.
Kitsap County Construction Noise Hours
Some RestrictionsKitsap County Code § 10.28.070
§ 10.28.070. Exemptions from Section 10.28.040 relating to noise reception in Class A EDNAs and from Section 10.28.145. The following shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 10.28.040, and from the provisions of Section 10.28.145, except insofar as such provisions relate to the reception of noise within Class A EDNAs between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.: (1) Sounds originating f...
Barking Dogs
Kitsap County treats chronic barking as a civil infraction, not a free-for-all: § 7.14.030(2)(A) bans letting an animal's noise "unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace" for more than fifteen minutes in any hour, on three or more separate days within a seven-day stretch, unless it stems from injury, abuse, trespass, or comes from a permitted farm, kennel, or vet clinic.
Kitsap County Animal Noise Disturbance Rule
Some RestrictionsKitsap County Code § 7.14.030(2)(A)
For any person to keep or own any animal which by its barking, howling, baying, squealing, crowing, crying, bleating, screeching, or making any other noise that, by its volume or frequency, unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the peace of any person for more than fifteen minutes of any one-hour period of any day, on three or more separate days during a sequential seven-day period. This sub...
Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound
In unincorporated Kitsap County, sound amplifiers, band sessions, tavern music and portable audio equipment count as unlawful "public disturbance noise" under KCC 10.28.145 once they unreasonably disturb neighbors or, for vehicle and portable audio gear, carry beyond 50 feet. The Sheriff's Office enforces the rule on a complaint basis.
Kitsap County Amplified Sound Rules
Some RestrictionsKitsap County Code § 10.28.145(3), (4), (5)
(3) Use of a sound amplifier or other device capable of producing or reproducing amplified sound upon public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or sales or for attracting the attention of the public to any vehicle, structure, or property or the contents therein except as permitted by law...; (4) Any loud and raucous sound made by use of a musical instrument, whistle, sound amplif...
Decibel Limits
Kitsap County Code § 10.28.040 sets numeric decibel ceilings by Environmental Designation for Noise Abatement (EDNA) zone class: a Class A noise source may not exceed 55 dBA at a Class A receiving property, 57 dBA at Class B and 60 dBA at Class C, with higher ceilings for Class B and C sources. Short, occasional spikes above the table are allowed.
Kitsap County Environmental Noise Decibel Limits
Some RestrictionsKitsap County Code § 10.28.040(a),(c)
(a) The noise limitations established are as set forth in the following table after any applicable adjustments provided for herein are applied: EDNA OF NOISE SOURCE, EDNA OF RECEIVING PROPERTY: Class A, Class B, Class C. Class A: 55 dBA, 57 dBA, 60 dBA. Class B: 57, 60, 65. Class C: 60, 65, 70. (c) At any hour of the day or night, the applicable noise limitations in subsections (a) and (b) of t...
Vehicle Noise
Unincorporated Kitsap County bans unmuffled engine compression ("Jake") brakes outright and treats a car stereo audible fifty feet away in a residential or commercial zone as a public disturbance noise. Deputies can enforce vehicle noise without waiting for a citizen complaint, and violations carry real fines and jail exposure.
Kitsap County Vehicle Noise Restrictions
Significant RestrictionsKitsap County Code § 10.28.145(5)
Noise from portable or motor vehicle audio equipment, such as a tape player, radio or compact disc player, while in park areas, residential and commercial zones, or any area where residences, schools, human service facilities, or commercial establishments are in obvious proximity to the source of the sound, and where the volume of such audio equipment is such that it can be clearly heard by a p...
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