Tualatin has not codified short-term-rental-specific quiet hours. STR guests are subject to the general noise control provisions of Tualatin Municipal Code Chapter 6-14 (Noise Ordinance), which prohibits any person from knowingly creating, permitting, or assisting in the creation or continuance of a noise disturbance. TMC 6-14 limits industrial, agricultural, construction, and demolition sounds to 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and limits residential power-equipment use (lawn mowers, leaf blowers, lawn edgers, snow removal equipment, hand tools, saws, drills, and similar tools used for home or building repair, maintenance, landscaping, alteration, or manual arts) to 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Complaints route through the Tualatin Police Department.
Because Tualatin has no STR-specific noise rule codified in either the TMC or the TDC, residential noise at a short-term rental is governed by the same general ordinance that applies to every other dwelling in the city: TMC Chapter 6-14 (Noise Ordinance), added to the code by Ordinance 1361-13 and codified at TMC 6-14-010 through 6-14-080. TMC 6-14-040 prohibits 'specific noise disturbances' - the general standard is that no person shall knowingly create, permit, or assist in the creation or continuance of any noise disturbance. The ordinance sets two distinct time windows: (1) industrial, agricultural, construction, and demolition activities are allowed only between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (seven days a week) unless a noise/work-hour variance is issued by the City Engineering Division; and (2) residential 'power equipment' use - lawn mowers, leaf blowers, lawn edgers, snow removal equipment, hand tools, saws, drills, and similar tools used for home or building repair, maintenance, landscaping, alteration, or home manual arts projects - is allowed between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. only. The chapter includes a decibel-based component at TMC 6-14-050 with reference to a 50 dB threshold at noise-sensitive properties; specific decibel values, measurement methodology, and ambient adjustments are set out in the chapter and applied by Tualatin Police on response. Active disturbances (loud parties, amplified music, repeated noise from guests at a rental) are reported to the Tualatin Police Department non-emergency line. Where the underlying use is also an unpermitted rental, Code Enforcement and the Tualatin Police can layer enforcement under TMC Chapter 6-13 (Rental Housing) and the zoning provisions of the TDC.
TMC Chapter 6-14 noise violations are enforced by the Tualatin Police Department, which can issue on-scene citations to the responsible occupants. TMC 6-1-210 (referenced in the adopting ordinance) establishes the general penalty framework for Title 6 offenses; civil penalties and continuing-violation accruals apply, and persistent violations at an address can be referred to Code Enforcement and the City Attorney for abatement. Where the disturbing property is operating without a TMC 6-13 Rental Housing License or in a TDC zoning district where transient lodging is not allowed, the City can pursue rental-housing and zoning violations in parallel. Persons needing to perform work outside the 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. industrial/construction window or the 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. residential power-equipment window must apply to the Tualatin Engineering Division for a Noise & Work Hour Variance before the work begins.
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