Bend, OR Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Enforcement route
- Noise complaints go to Bend Police under BC Title 5
- Owner's first duty
- Field initial noise complaint before City involvement
- Citywide noise cap
- 65 dBA day / 60 dBA night, residential zones
- License consequence
- Repeated noise issues can trigger warning or revocation
- Governing section
- BC 7.16.080(A)(2), City Authority
Summary
In the City of Bend, noise complaints about a short-term rental are enforced through the citywide noise chapter, not a separate short-term-rental rule. BC 7.16.080(A)(2) says noise complaints fall under the City's regulatory authority in BC Title 5, Public Protection, enforced by the Bend Police Department, while the owner is expected to field the initial guest complaint first.
2. City Authority. Certain types of complaints are subject to the City’s regulatory authority under other sections of the Bend Code (noise complaints, disorderly conduct, chronic nuisance, etc., under BC Title 5, Public Protection, which are enforced by the Bend Police Department). Other complaints related to occupancy and on-site parking are subject to the City’s code enforcement authority under BDC 3.6.500.
Full Breakdown
080(A), Response to Complaints, directs short-term rental owners or their representatives to respond to neighborhood questions and complaints in a reasonably timely manner. 500. 025 separately banning specific noise sources such as exhaust brakes at all times. 090, even though the underlying noise citation itself is issued and prosecuted under Title 5, not under the short-term rental chapter.
Violations & Fines
A sustained noise citation against an STR tenant is prosecuted under BC Title 5, Public Protection (BC 5.50.020), by the Bend Police Department, separate from the license itself. But a sustained citation, or an owner's repeated failure to respond to noise complaints, can also be grounds for a warning to the owner and, on repetition, revocation of the short-term rental operating license under BC 7.16.090.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What noise limits apply to a Bend short-term rental?
Can noise complaints cost an STR its license?
Sources & Official References
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