(A) No person shall keep any animal that, by its frequent or continued noise, unreasonably annoys, disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace, safety, or welfare of any person or precludes their enjoyment of property or affects their property’s value.
(B) For purposes of this section, DISTURBS THE COMFORT OR REPOSE OF PERSONS IN THE VICINITY BY ITS FREQUENT OR CONTINUED NOISE means any one of the following.
(1) The animal noise occurs at a time between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. and can be heard from a location outside the building and premises where the animal is being kept, and the animal has made such noises intermittently for more than five minutes with one minute or less lapse of time between each animal noise during the five-minute period.
(2) The animal noise can be heard from a one-block distance from the location of the building and premises where the animal is being kept, and the animal has made such noises intermittently for more than five minutes with one minute or less lapse of time between each animal noise during the five- minute period; or the animal noise can be heard from a location outside the building and premises where the animal is being kept, and the animal has made such noises intermittently for a period of at least five minutes with one minute or less lapse of time between each animal noise during the five-minute period.
(3) The animal noise can be heard from a location outside the building and premises where the animal is being kept, and the animal has made such noises intermittently for a period of at least five minutes with one minute or less lapse of time between each animal noise during the five-minute period.
(Ord. 96, passed 9-14-1999; Ord. passed 3-15-2023) Penalty, see § 93.99
Cross-reference:
Prohibition of animal nuisances, see § 90.05