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<br />Chapter 9"45
<br />NOISE CCNTRCIt
<br />Sections
<br />9 45.C 1C Declaration of policy.
<br />t 45 tl2tr Public disturbance - finding of special conditions
<br />.15 C-10 Public distr-rrbance - noise unlawful when
<br />t_!;.i !i; Exemptions.
<br />9 45.C5q Enforcement.
<br />9..15.050 Vrolation - penalty
<br />0rL) Variances.
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<br />9.45.010 Declaration of policy.
<br />It is declared the policy of the county to minimize the exposure of citizens to adverse effects of
<br />excessive noise and to protect, promote, and preserr,re the public health, safety and welfare. lt is the
<br />express intent of the board of coLtnty commissioners to control the level of noise in a manner which
<br />promotes commerce;the use, value, and en;oyment of property, sleep and repose; and the qualrty of
<br />environment. (a- ' -j . -, I , ':,1 r,, 2016,2016)
<br />9.45.02O Public disturbance - finding of special eonditions"
<br />The making, creation or maintenance of excessive, unnecessary or unusual loud noises which are
<br />prolonged and unusual in theirtrme, place and use, affect and are a detrimentto public health,
<br />comfort, conrzenience, safety, welfare and prosperity of the people of the county. The board of
<br />county commissioners and the county shenff's department have received numerous citizen's
<br />complaints regarding noise and beliel,e such noise constitutes a public disturbance. Special
<br />condrtions yyrthin the county make necessary any and all differences bettryeen this chapter and
<br />regulations adopted by the Department of Ecology 2016; lii l,- ] r-I-., 2016)
<br />9.45.030 Fublic disturbance - noise unlawful when.
<br />1. lt is unlarrrrfulfor any person to make, continue, or caLrse to be made or continued or any
<br />person owning or in possession of propertyto make, continue, or caLlse to be made or
<br />continued or allow to originate frorn the property any sound which:
<br />a. ls plainly audible within any dwelling unit which is not the source of the
<br />sound or is generated within two hundred feet of any dwelling unit, and,
<br />b. Either reasonably annoys, disturbs, injurres or endangers the comfort,
<br />repose, health, peace or safety of others
<br />2. Sound r,vhich is "plainly audible" is sound that can be understood or rdentified.
<br />3 lt shall be a rebuttable presumptron that sounds created between B:00 a.m. and 10:00
<br />p.m. do not unreasonably annoy, disturb, in.,1ure, or endanger.
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<br />9.45.040 Exemptions.
<br />The following sounds are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:
<br />1. Sounds originating from aircraft rn flight and sounds whrch orrginate at airports and are
<br />drrectly related to flight operations,
<br />2. Sounds created by safety and protectirie devices, such as relief valves, where noise
<br />suppression would defeat the safety release intent of the de'.,ice;
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