618.07 PEACE DISTURBANCES; DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

     (a)     No owner or person in charge or control of a dog, or owner or person in charge of a premises on which a dog is located, shall permit a dog nuisance to occur or continue within the City.

   (b)   For the purposes of this section, each of the following constitutes a dog nuisance:

            (1)   Permitting any dog unreasonably to cause annoyance, alarm or noise disturbance to any person or neighborhood by barking, whining, screeching, howling, or other like sounds which may be heard beyond the boundary of the owner, keeper or harborer's property under conditions where the animal sounds are shown to have occurred either as an episode of continuous noise lasting for a minimum period of fifteen (15) minutes, or repeated episodes of intermittent noise lasting for a minimum period of thirty (30) minutes. It shall be an affirmative defense under this division that the animal was intentionally provoked by a party other than the owner to make such noise. 
(Ord. 2017-95.  Passed 7-10-17.)