Marysville, WA Noise Ordinances: Decibel Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Class A EDNA
- single- and multi-family residential zones
- Class B EDNA
- commercial, mixed-use and institutional zones
- Class C EDNA
- light and general industrial zones
- Standard adopted
- WAC 173-60-040 by reference
- First violation
- $250 civil infraction
- Repeat within 24 hours
- misdemeanor
- Variance application fee
- $50.00, community development director
Summary
Marysville sorts every property into three noise zones, called EDNA classes, under Marysville Municipal Code § 6.76.030: Class A is residential, Class B is commercial and institutional, and Class C is industrial. Section 6.76.040 bars noise from crossing onto another property above the maximum level set in WAC 173-60-040, which the city adopts by reference.
Class A EDNA. Lands where human beings reside and sleep, including all properties in the city which are zoned in single-family residential or multiple-family residential classifications. Class B EDNA. Lands involving uses requiring protection against noise interference with speech, including all properties in the city which are zoned in neighborhood business, community business, general commercial, mixed use, public/institutional, downtown commercial, downtown core, main street and flex classifications. Class C EDNA. Lands involving economic activities of such a nature that higher noise levels than experienced in other areas are normally to be anticipated... Such areas shall include all properties in the city which are zoned in light industrial and general industrial classifications. No person shall cause or permit noise to intrude into the property of another person which noise exceeds the maximum permissible noise level set forth in WAC 173-60-040, which section is hereby adopted by reference.
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
020). 030 assigns it by the receiving property's zoning: Class A covers single-family and multifamily residential zones; Class B covers neighborhood business, community business, general commercial, mixed use, public/institutional, downtown commercial, downtown core, main street and flex zones; Class C covers light and general industrial zones, where the city expects higher ambient noise and defers largely to Department of Labor and Industries workplace rules. 060 (animal noise, horns, construction hours, amplified sound and more). 00 fee and showing that economic, physical or technological limits make immediate compliance unreasonable; any variance granted is capped at the minimum time needed and must include a compliance schedule.
Violations & Fines
A first violation of the noise chapter is a civil infraction carrying a $250.00 penalty (MMC § 6.76.090). Anyone cited, or warned by an officer, who violates the chapter again within 24 hours commits a misdemeanor. Each separate or continuing violation can be cited or charged on its own, and the chapter's penalties are cumulative with any other remedy available under the code or common law.
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