Marysville, WA Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Outdoor Sound (2026)
Amplified music rules in Marysville, WA, also called sound permit, PA system, or live music ordinances, set decibel limits, time-of-day restrictions, and when permits are required.
Key Facts
- Street sound amplifiers
- banned for advertising or sales (§ 6.76.060(5))
- Moving-vehicle vendor exception
- exempt from the amplifier ban
- Protected institutions
- schools, churches, hospitals, nursing homes (§ 6.76.060(6))
- Park event exception
- scheduled PA systems at games/concerts exempt
- First violation
- $250 civil infraction
- Repeat within 24 hours
- misdemeanor
Summary
Marysville Municipal Code § 6.76.060(5) makes it a public nuisance to run a sound amplifier or similar device on public streets to advertise, sell or draw attention to a vehicle, structure or property, unless the vendor sells solely from a moving vehicle. Subsection (6) separately bars loud, raucous noise that interferes with a school, church, hospital, sanitarium, or nursing or convalescent facility.
The use of a sound amplifier or other device capable of producing or reproducing amplified sound on 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 that vendors whose sole method of selling is from a moving vehicle shall be exempt from this subsection; The making of any loud and raucous noise which unreasonably interferes with the use of any school, church, hospital, sanitarium, nursing or convalescent facility; ... The foregoing provisions shall not apply to regularly scheduled events at parks such as public address systems for baseball games or park concerts.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4922912; v1 updated 2026-06-08; through 06-08-2026).
Full Breakdown
" Subsection (5) targets amplified sound aimed at the public from the street itself: sound amplifiers or reproducing devices used for commercial advertising, sales pitches, or to attract attention to a vehicle, structure or property are barred, with a narrow carve-out for vendors whose entire business model is selling from a moving vehicle. Subsection (6) protects institutions sensitive to noise, barring loud and raucous sound that unreasonably interferes with a school, church, hospital, sanitarium, or nursing or convalescent facility, regardless of decibel measurement. The chapter also carves out an exception in subsection (10) for regularly scheduled park events, such as public address systems for baseball games or park concerts, which are not treated as nuisances even though they are amplified. 080 variance process through the community development director.
Violations & Fines
Violating any § 6.76.060 nuisance category, including the street-amplifier and institution-noise rules, is a $250.00 civil infraction under MMC § 6.76.090. A second violation within 24 hours of a citation or a police warning is charged as a misdemeanor instead. Each occurrence can be cited separately, and the penalties stack with any other remedy the city or an injured party may have.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a business use a loudspeaker on the street to advertise in Marysville?
Does Marysville's noise nuisance rule cover music near a hospital or school?
Are park concerts and ballgame announcements exempt from Marysville's noise rule?
Sources & Official References
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