Burien, WA Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)

Burien has no single curfew section. Quiet hours in the City of Burien, King County, Washington, come from Burien Municipal Code § 9.105.410, which declares public disturbance noise unlawful and lists examples. Subsection (2)(c) covers yelling, shouting, whistling or singing on or near the public streets, particularly between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., or at any time and place as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace and comfort of owners or possessors of real property. The word particularly matters: the hours flag the likeliest violations but the test also applies at any hour.

Subsection (2)(d) reaches frequent, repetitive or continuous sounds from any building, structure, apartment or condominium, such as musical instruments, audio sound systems, band sessions or social gatherings, and prints no clock hours at all. Subsection (2)(i) sets hard hours for temporary maintenance and repair projects on residential property, including lawnmowers, powered hand tools, snow removal equipment and composters: barred between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends. Construction sites have their own windows in subsection (2)(h). BMC 9.105.420 excludes city of Burien permitted special events and parks events in the Downtown between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and regularly scheduled events at parks outside the Downtown between 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 p.m.