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Chapter 9"45 t-3OgSE e0NTRQL SectioE'ls -r 45.01a Declaration of policy 9 4i Ll2ar Public disturbance - finding of specral conditions 'i 4;.,13C Public disturbance - noise unlawful lorhen. 9-!;. ]i Exemptions :r,15!:! Enforcement. 9 45 050 Violation - penalty 1i:i.,! Variances. ); ;';,::i .;r". t''.''- .,'- t. '1;:]';q lr .- 'Ji'J. ::i-'ll'L:la l,:: .- ,1 -lj .l' ';:l:l; :-)l -l r; ': ' - 9.45"010 Declaration of policY. It is declared the policy of the county to minimize the exposure of citizens to adverse effects ot excessirre noise ancl to protect, promote, and presei-ve the public health, safety and welfare lt rs the express tntent of the board of county comrnissioners to control the ievel of noise in a manner whrch promotes comrrerce; the use, value, and enloyment of property, sleep and repose; and the ciualrty of envi ronment (!ij-jib-:i-: 20 1 5;2016) 9.45.020 Pub!ic disturbance - findinE of special eonditions. The making, creation or maintenance of excessiv'e, unnecessary or unusutal loud noises which are prolonged and unusuai in theirtirne, place and use. affect and are a detrimentto publrc health, comfort. con...zenience, safety, welfare ancl prospertty of the people of the county. The board of county commissioners and the county sherrff's depar.tmeni hatre received numerous citizen s complaints regarcling noise and believe such noise constitutes a publrc disturbance Specral conditions within the county make necessary any and all ciifferences between this chapter anci regulaiions adcptec! by ihe Department of Ecology 9.45.030 Public disturbance - noise unlawful whes'1. i lt is unlawful for an;; petson to make, contintte, cr caLlse to be macle cr continlted or any petson owning or in possession of property to make, continue, or caLlse to be made or continued or allcw to originate fi'om the property any sound which: a. ls plainly audrble within any dwelling unit which is not the soLlrce of the sound or is generated within two hundred feet of any dwelling r-tnit, and, b. Either reasonably annoys, disturbs, in.;ures or endangei's the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others 2 Sound rryhich is "plarnly audrble" is sound that can be understood or identified 3. lt shall be a rebuttable presumption that sounds created beiween 8 00 a m and 10 00 p.m do not unreasonably annoy drsturb, Injure, or endanger. 2016 2016) 9.45.A4A Exernptions. The following sournds are exempt from the prorrisions of thrs chapter. 1 Sounds orrgrnatrng from aircrait rn flrght and sounds whrch originate at airports and are directly related to flight operations; 2 So'-rnds created by safety and protectrrie devices, such as relief valves, where noise suppression vi/oulcl defeat the safety release intent of the derrice, Jl -:,-i 2016. rlr:l . ,:'. ., 2C151