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

Section 17.60.020(C) lists the property-management conditions every short-term rental permit-holder must meet, separate from the use standards in subsection B. Subsection C.2 requires a sign posted conspicuously inside the dwelling covering nine items: the permit number and maximum occupancy, a floor plan showing fire exits and escape routes with the outdoor location of trash receptacles, twenty-four-hour contact information for the permit-holder or local contact person who must respond in person within three hours, local emergency numbers, the location of safety equipment, tsunami evacuation routes where applicable, designated on-site parking areas, the waste pickup schedule, and, at item (i), quiet times starting no later than 10:00 p.m. and ending no earlier than 7:00 a.m.

Pet management rules follow at item (j). The quiet-hours window is therefore not a freestanding noise ordinance provision but a mandatory disclosure the permit-holder must make to guests inside the unit, and it functions as the county's baseline curfew for short-term rental noise. Subsection C.3 separately requires every permit-holder to comply with any local, state or federal disaster or emergency order. Complaints that guests are violating the posted quiet hours go first to the permit-holder or local contact person under subsection H; if that contact does not resolve the issue, the complainant can notify the county planning division in writing, and the division investigates and can issue a notice of violation. A decision by the administrator is appealable to the county board of adjustment.