Chino Hills, CA Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

The City of Chino Hills addresses animal noise in its own Title 6 (Animals). Section 6.04.040 declares any animal that barks, whines, howls, screeches, or makes excessive, continuous, or untimely noise to be a public nuisance. Section 6.04.050 specifically deems a dog that barks in a substantially continuous manner in the daytime or nighttime, to the annoyance of people in the neighborhood, a nuisance that may be abated. A dog is not a 'barking dog' if it barks because a person is trespassing or threatening to trespass, or when the dog is being teased or provoked. Section 6.04.060 sets the complaint process: a dog is subject to being deemed a nuisance when two declarants living in separate households file declarations under penalty of perjury within a 60-day period (the Director of Community Services may waive the two-declarant requirement in limited single-affected-resident situations). The declarant must live within 200 yards of the dog's premises, and noise audible continuously for 10 minutes or intermittently for 30 minutes is prima facie evidence of annoyance. Section 6.04.070 lays out investigation, notice, and an administrative hearing process. These are City of Chino Hills rules, distinct from San Bernardino County's animal code.