Barking Dog Complaints

Sec. 16-303.  Sound between the hours of 11:00 pm and 7:00 am.

(a) Single-family unit detached dwellings. It is unlawful for whatsoever person, betwixt the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., to make, cause, or allow any sound from a source inside his buying or control that projects, emits or transmits into any single-family detached dwelling in a residential expanse owned or occupied by some other, such that the sound is plainly aural anywhere within the interior of a sealed dwelling.

(b) Multi-family dwellings. It is unlawful for any person, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and vii:00 a.m., to make, cause, or allow any plainly aural sound from a source within his ownership or command that projects, emits or transmits within the common area of a multifamily dwelling in a residential area.


Sec. sixteen-304. Animal vocalization, construction and landscaping activities, and the testing of burglar and burn down alarms.

(b) Animal vocalizations. Animate being vocalizations in a residential area during the hours from 7:01 a.thou. until 10:59 p.m. shall exist regulated as follows. Pets and non-domesticated animals may not make any vocalizations for more than fifteen (15) minutes without pause or more thirty (30) minutes if intermittent. The limitations in subsections 16-303(a) and (b) utilize to fauna vocalizations between xi:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.1000. The limitations in this subsection and in section xvi-303 do not utilize if the vocalizations are given every bit a warning to the presence of an intruder.

The revised fauna services ordinance became constructive March 15, 2016 and include:

  • Reduction of stray animal hold from 5 days to iii days. The brute shelter is open up six days a week(closed on Wednesdays).
  • Shelter, neuter and render customs cat program – most outdoor cats will be examined, vaccinated, sterilized, ear tipped and returned to the area where they were trapped.
  • Health certificates required – the possessor of any dog or cat that is sold or exchanged for valuable consideration is required to provide the new owner with a current, valid Official Certificate of Veterinarian Inspection (OCVI). The OCVI must be available for review past a potential new owner or creature control officer at the time the beast is listed for sale or commutation.

These ordinances remain in issue:

  • Dogs must be maintained on the property of the owner or on a ternion controlled by a responsible and competent person.
  • Tethering of dogs is prohibited unless the owner or flagman is physically within reach of the dog.
  • Animals must be securely and humanely enclosed inside a proper enclosure equally a means of primary restraint. Such enclosure must be securely locked whatsoever time the animal is unattended.
  • As a secondary means of restraint, an beast may exist attached to a trolley organisation for less than twelve hours in a 24 60 minutes period and non during the hours of x:00 pm – six:00 am.

The definition of "Dangerous Dogs" has been modified to exist compliant with state statutes.

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