A. It is unlawful and a public nuisance for any person owning, keeping, harboring or having in his or her care, custody or control any animal, to cause or suffer, or permit to be made or caused by such animal, barking, howling, crying or making of any noises or other sounds common to their species, so as to annoy and become offensive to a resident or residents in the vicinity in which the animal is kept, thereby disturbing the peace of the neighborhood or causing excessive discomfort to any reasonable person of normal sensitivity residing in the area, unless such noise or sound is made by an official police dog while on duty.
B. If, in violation of the provisions of this Subchapter, any person who owns, maintains, harbors, keeps or has any animal which persistently emits any noises or sounds in such manner as to annoy and become offensive to a resident or residents in the vicinity in which the animal is kept, the maintenance of such animal may be declared a public nuisance by the Animal Services Division by written notice to the owner or person in charge, custody or control of the animal. If after the issuance of such notice, the person owning, keeping, harboring or having in such person's care or custody any animal has not abated the noise, such person shall be subject to enforcement of the provisions of this Code.
C. It is unlawful for the responsible party, after being informed in writing that such person's animal has been declared a noisy animal and that the maintenance of a noisy animal is a public nuisance, to fail, refuse or neglect to take whatever steps or use whatever means are necessary to assure that such animal does not again disturb residents in the vicinity in which the animal is kept.
(Ord. No. 2017-011 § 2)