Pasco, WA Noise Ordinances: Amplified Music & Events (2026)

Amplified music and sound are regulated under PMC Chapter 9.130. PMC 9.130.030 makes it a public disturbance noise to produce sound from musical instruments, sound amplifiers, juke boxes, radios, televisions or similar devices when that sound emanates from a building, structure or property and is received within a residential district between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. The same section addresses amplified commercial sound, listing the use of loudspeakers or sound amplifiers for advertising, or to attract the attention of the public, among prohibited public disturbance noises. Beyond the enumerated nighttime examples, amplified music at any hour can still be a violation if it unreasonably disturbs the peace, comfort and repose of nearby residents and generates complaints from two or more persons occupying separate residences. Overall sound levels are also capped by PMC 9.130.040, which adopts the Washington State maximum environmental noise levels (WAC 173-60-040): for example, noise crossing into residential (Class A) property is generally capped around 55 dBA during the day, reduced by 10 dBA (to about 45 dBA) between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. These are Pasco's own ordinance provisions plus the state standards the City adopts by reference.