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Spokane Municipal Code

***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Title 10
Chapter 10.70
Section 10.70.130
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division V. Code Enforcement and Animal Regulations

Chapter 10.70 Noise Control

Section 10.70.130 Affirmative Defense

It is an affirmative defense to any charge of a violation of this chapter that:

  1. The sounds at issue was created and/or caused during a period, at a location and at volume levels pursuant to the terms of a variance granted in accordance with the terms of exemptions set forth in SMC 10.70.120; or
  1. The sounds at issue were caused or created pursuant to an approved special events permit issued under chapter 10.39 SMC, or activities authorized by any permit issued by the City of Spokane, so long as the sounds are:
  1. inherent in the specific activities;
  1. caused or created at the location specified in the permit;
  1. caused or created during the time periods allowed for by the permit; and
  1. within the sound levels described in the application for such permit, or are at sound levels consistent with those inherent in the specific activities described in the application for the permit.

Date Passed: Monday, October 3, 2022

Effective Date: Monday, October 3, 2022

ORD C36289 Section 5