Kirkland, WA Noise Ordinances: Quiet Hours (2026)
Quiet hours in Kirkland, WA, also called the noise ordinance, nighttime noise rules, or residential quiet time, define the hours during which excessive noise is prohibited.
Key Facts
- Governing section
- KMC 11.84A.070(3)
- Quiet hours window
- 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
- Covered conduct
- Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling, singing
- Daytime standard
- Any hour if unreasonably disturbing to neighbors
- Penalty class
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000 or 90 days
Summary
Kirkland bans yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing near public streets, especially between eleven p.m. and seven a.m., when it disturbs neighboring property owners. KMC 11.84A.070(3) is part of the city's public disturbance noise ordinance, and violating it is prosecuted as a misdemeanor rather than a simple ticket.
It is unlawful for any person to cause, or for any person in possession of property to allow to originate from the property, sound that is a public disturbance noise. The following sounds are determined to be public disturbance noises: ... (3) Yelling, shouting, hooting, whistling or singing on or near the public streets, particularly between the hours of eleven p.m. and seven a.m. or at any time and place so as to unreasonably disturb or interfere with the peace, comfort and repose of owners or possessors of real property;
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4945, passed July 21, 2026).
Full Breakdown
, or at any time and place when it unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the peace, comfort and repose of property owners or possessors. , when the conduct is presumptively more likely to be a violation, and a broader standalone standard that reaches disruptive yelling at any hour if it unreasonably interferes with a neighbor's peace and comfort. 070 applies to both a person causing the sound and a property possessor who allows it to originate from their property, so a homeowner hosting a loud late-night gathering that spills into shouting on the street can be cited even if they aren't the one yelling.
010 to a misdemeanor, prosecuted in Kirkland Municipal Court rather than resolved with a simple fine notice. The provision sits alongside the vehicle noise and amplified sound subsections in the same chapter, all adopted under the 2011 recodification and last amended by Ordinance 4356 in 2012.
Violations & Fines
Yelling, shouting or singing near a public street between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., or at any hour if it unreasonably disturbs a neighbor's peace, is a misdemeanor under KMC 11.84A.070(3). Conviction is punished under KMC 1.04.010(c) by a fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment of up to 90 days, or both, and a property owner who allows the noise can be cited too.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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