Noise from Specific Sources in Washington (2026)

Everett regulates HVAC condensers and other fixed mechanical equipment the same way as commercial and industrial noise…

In unincorporated King County, air conditioners, heat pumps and other stationary equipment noise must stay under the…

Kirkland requires HVAC and similar mechanical equipment to sit at least five feet from any front, side, or rear…

Pasco bars air conditioners, fans, and blowers from causing a noise disturbance across a residential property line…

In Port Townsend's uptown commercial historic subdistrict, fans, heat pumps and other noise-producing mechanical…

Auburn's noise ordinance makes it unlawful for frequent, repetitive or continuous sound from music, audio systems, band…

Bars and nightclubs in Bellevue are stationary noise sources under the city's general noise control chapter. Amplified…

Bars and music venues in Bellingham's downtown and Fairhaven entertainment districts are judged on a five-factor…

In unincorporated King County, loud or raucous sound from a bar, nightclub or similar venue that reaches a residential…

Marysville treats frequent or continuous sound from musical instruments, audio systems, or band sessions that emanates…

Loud, raucous music, sound amplifiers, or crowd noise from a tavern, bar, band session, or social gathering that…

Music and amplified sound from bars in the historic downtown can run until 1 a.m.; elsewhere the general…

Loud, raucous noise from music, sound amplifiers, or similar devices that emanates frequently, repetitively, or…

Bars, clubs and other non-residential properties in Seattle cannot let amplified sound carry into a neighbor's home…

Tacoma caps commercial establishment music at a 6 dB(A)/dB(C) rise indoors nearby and bars audibility beyond 100 feet…

Sounding a car horn or alarm siren repeatedly or continuously in Auburn violates ACC 8.28.010(B)(1) unless it warns of…

Edmonds bans frequent or repetitive horn or siren noise from a motor vehicle, including a triggered car alarm, as a…

Everett prohibits the frequent, repetitive or continuous sounding of any vehicle horn, siren or alarm that's plainly…

FWRC 7.10.020(1) bans the frequent, repetitive, or continuous sounding of any motor vehicle horn or siren as a public…

Franklin County Code § 8.24.010(B)(2) makes sound from a horn or siren attached to a motor vehicle a public noise…

In unincorporated Grant County, a security alarm that sounds for more than thirty minutes, can be heard off the…

Unincorporated King County treats a frequent, repetitive or continuous horn or siren on a motor vehicle, including a…

Kitsap County Code § 10.28.145(1) makes a frequent, repetitive or continuous horn or siren sound from a motor vehicle…

In Lakewood, Washington, letting a car horn or siren sound frequently, repeatedly or continuously is a public…

Lynnwood, Washington makes it a noise disturbance to sound a vehicle horn or other signaling device unreasonably…

Marysville treats a horn or siren that sounds frequently, repeatedly, or continuously on a motor vehicle as a public…

In unincorporated Pierce County, letting a car alarm, horn, or siren sound frequently, repeatedly, or continuously…

Port Townsend treats frequent, repetitive car alarms and false alarms as a public disturbance noise, enforced only…

Frequent, repetitive or continuous sounding of a motor vehicle horn or siren, including alarm noise, is banned as a…

Unincorporated Skagit County restricts horns and sirens attached to motor vehicles, including car alarms, under SCC…

Yakima's public disturbance noise law makes it unlawful to sound a vehicle horn, siren or other signaling device…

Thurston County's noise ordinance exempts car alarms and other warning devices from its public disturbance noise…

Yakima County's noise ordinance treats a car alarm as a warning device: it is exempt from the county's…

Cowlitz County's noise code exempts car alarms from citation: CCC § 10.25.050(A)(2) excuses 'sounds created by audible…

Running a generator or other internal combustion engine in an Auburn residential district violates ACC 8.28.010(B)(2)…

Bellevue exempts portable and stationary backup generators from its noise code only while the power is actually out…

In unincorporated King County, generators count as regulated 'equipment,' so their noise can't exceed the county's…

Lynnwood, Washington's general noise-disturbance ban in LMC 10.12.300(A) covers any noise disturbance citywide, and…

Renton's public disturbance noise code bans frequent, repetitive engine noise, including from portable generators, that…

Thurston County caps gas and diesel generator noise at 55 dBA from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and 45 dBA overnight, measured at…

Running a generator loud enough to be plainly audible inside a neighbor's dwelling, or generated within 200 feet of…

Edmonds exempts emergency generator noise from its general noise ordinance while running during an actual power outage…

Unincorporated Skagit County exempts portable generators from its public disturbance noise rules only while the primary…

Everett's noise ordinance exempts emergency standby and backup equipment, including backup generators, from all noise…

In unincorporated Grant County, Grant County Code Chapter 6.24 makes it unlawful to create a public noise disturbance…

Tacoma exempts portable and stand-by generators from its noise code entirely while running during a genuine power…

Auburn treats ongoing engine, horn, hydraulic or air-brake sounds from delivery trucks near residential property as a…

Everett bars truck loading areas from required building setbacks and requires noise mitigation, barriers, berms, walls…

Lynnwood, Washington bars idling a truck over 10,000 pounds GVWR, or its auxiliary equipment, for more than 10 minutes…

Puyallup bars idling a motor vehicle over 6,000 pounds GVWR, the size of most delivery and box trucks, for more than 30…

Unincorporated Skagit County limits idling refrigeration noise from delivery and commercial trucks under SCC…

In unincorporated Cowlitz County, CCC § 10.25.040(A)(7) makes it a public noise disturbance, at any hour, to create…

Everett's noise code defines 'plainly audible' to explicitly include detection of rhythmic bass alone: officers don't…

FWRC 7.10.020(5) and (6) bar vehicle audio systems and portable audio equipment played loud enough to be heard beyond…

In unincorporated King County, amplified bass that's plainly audible or felt 50 feet from the source (300 feet for…

Kitsap County Code § 10.28.145(5) bans portable or vehicle audio equipment, tape players, radios, CD players and their…

Marysville caps motor-vehicle and other audio equipment, tape players, radios, CD players, at a volume audible beyond…

Renton's public disturbance code specifically targets low-frequency bass: audio equipment run loud enough to cause…

A stereo or speaker whose bass carries 50 feet past its own property line breaks Tacoma's noise code: even without a…