Bonner County, ID Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

Section 12-484 of the Bonner County Revised Code does not set a separate quiet-hours clock for vacation rentals. It works through the permit. The local representative designated by the owner is the initial contact for questions or complaints, and must respond to those complaints within seven (7) business days to ensure the use of the property complies with the standards for vacation rental occupancy, other pertinent County Code requirements pertaining to noise, disturbances, or nuisances, and State law on the consumption of alcohol or the use of illegal drugs.

Subsection E.1 then turns guest behavior into a permit violation. Failure to comply with the occupancy limits or other requirements of the permit or the section is a violation, and so are disturbances or nuisances caused by the occupants and their invited guests that violate the Bonner County Revised Code or State Law, IC 18-6409. The owner answers for the guests.

The numeric noise measure sits in section 12-421, the performance standards for all uses in Title 12. It defines objectionable noise for residential land use as noise resulting in greater than sixty (60) decibels at the property line of the lot or parcel developed with the residential land use, and it requires noise due to volume, frequency or beat to be muffled or otherwise controlled.

Neighbors have two practical channels. The posted permit lists the local representative's name and telephone number and contact information for the Planning Department and the Sheriff's Office in Bonner County, and the County notifies owners and residents within three hundred feet (300') of the property when the permit issues. Occupancy is capped by the permit as well, which limits party size: two (2) persons per bedroom plus an additional two (2) persons, up to a total of twenty (20) persons.