Corona, CA Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)
Barking dog rules in Corona, CA, also called nuisance dog, dog noise, or excessive barking ordinances, define when a barking dog becomes a code violation and how complaints are handled.
Key Facts
- First warning compliance window
- 5 business days (10 if mailed)
- Second complaint window
- Within 6 months of first warning
- Hearing timing
- 5 to 10 business days after notice
- Enforcing body
- Animal Control Board
- Violation of Board order
- Infraction
Summary
Corona treats habitual excessive barking as a public nuisance under a two-warning noisy animal process: a first warning gives five to ten days to fix it, a second complaint triggers a formal hearing before the Animal Control Board.
"Noisy animal" means any animal or animals maintained on the same premises or location whose excessive, unrelenting or habitual barking, howling, crying or other noises or sounds annoy or become offensive to a resident or residents in the vicinity, thereby disturbing the peace of the neighborhood or causing excessive discomfort to any reasonable person of normal sensitivity to hearing such sounds. This definition excludes an official police dog while on duty.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-56: Supplement contains: Local legislation passed through Ord. 3423, passed 12-3-2025).
Full Breakdown
11. 130(O) defines a "noisy animal" as any animal maintained on a premises whose excessive, unrelenting, or habitual barking, howling, crying, or other noises annoy or become offensive to a resident, disturbing the neighborhood's peace or causing excessive discomfort to a person of normal sensitivity; on-duty police dogs are excluded. 11 is a public nuisance subject to all available abatement remedies. 020, once the Animal Control Bureau is alerted and an officer determines the animal may be noisy, the Bureau issues a written warning notice; the owner then has five business days to abate the nuisance (ten days if the notice was mailed instead of personally delivered or posted).
030 allows a second complaint after the compliance period, within six months of the first warning, triggering a formal written notice of violation. 040 provides for a petition, notice, and a public hearing before the Animal Control Board, held five to ten business days after service of the hearing notice, with rights to call and cross-examine witnesses. 060.
Violations & Fines
Failing to comply with the Animal Control Board's determination and orders within the time specified is an infraction under Section 6.11.070. The City Attorney may separately pursue civil or criminal nuisance abatement under Section 6.11.080 and Section 1.08.020 regardless of the Chapter 6.11 process.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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