Grant County, WA Short-Term Rentals: Noise Rules (2026)

UDO § 23.08.220(c) lists eight numbered standards for every transient residence short-term rental, and the disturbance rule sits at number six: the transient residence 'shall be operated in a way that will prevent unreasonable disturbance to area residents.' Unlike the bed and breakfast rules in the same section, which set explicit 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. operating hours in § 23.08.220(a)(13) and (b)(10), the short-term rental subsection gives Development Services no clock to enforce and instead relies on a general standard tied to actual complaints.

That standard sits alongside the rental's other conditions: the fire sprinkler and commercial-use classification in § 23.08.220(c)(1), the GCC Chapter 15.03 licensing requirement in (c)(2), the RCW-based tax, safety and insurance duties in (c)(3) through (c)(5), the added parking space in (c)(7) and the sign ban in (c)(8). Because the disturbance clause is written as an operating condition of the rental's approval rather than a numeric decibel limit, Grant County's code enforcement staff can act on a documented pattern of noise, traffic or party complaints even without a specific measured violation, treating substantiated repeat complaints as evidence the rental is not being operated in a way that prevents unreasonable disturbance, which can support corrective action against the license issued under GCC Chapter 15.03.