Caldwell, ID Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

Caldwell City Code section 08-03-23(2), titled Disturbing The Peace, states it is unlawful for any owner of an animal to fail to exercise reasonably necessary control of the animal to prevent it from disturbing the peace and quiet of any neighborhood, family or person, by barking, whining or making loud or unusual noises, or by running on, defecating in, digging in or otherwise damaging cultivated gardens or lawns that are not the property of the owner, or causing unreasonable odor off the property of the owner.

The provision was added by Ordinance 3001, passed June 15, 2015, and folds barking into a broader neighborhood-nuisance standard covering property damage and odor rather than treating noise alone. It does not set a decibel level, a duration threshold, or specific quiet hours; liability turns on whether the owner failed to exercise reasonably necessary control. The subsection sits alongside other prohibited acts in section 08-03-23, including keeping animals in government buildings or public transit, animal fighting, leaving animals in unattended vehicles, cruelty, and abandonment, all enforced by animal control officers or the Caldwell Police Department under the same article.