Barking dog rules in Davis County, UT — also called nuisance dog, dog noise, or excessive barking ordinances — define when a barking dog becomes a code violation and how complaints are handled.
Davis County Code 6.16.010 makes a barking dog a nuisance at any time of day or night. The threshold is incessant barking for 30 minutes or more, or intermittent barking for 60 minutes or more, in any 24-hour period. Davis County Animal Care & Control enforces it countywide.
Davis County Animal Care & Control enforces a countywide barking ordinance covering incorporated and unincorporated areas. Under Davis County Code 6.16.010, a dog that barks, bays, cries, whines, howls or makes noise for an extended period, to the disturbance of any person at any time of day or night, is a nuisance regardless of where it sits on private property. An extended period means incessant barking for 30 minutes or more in any 24-hour period, or intermittent barking for 60 minutes or more in any 24-hour period. Complaints go to Animal Care Dispatch (801-444-2200). This is a noise nuisance; general animal-limit and licensing rules are handled separately.
Cited by Davis County Animal Care & Control as an animal nuisance; owner subject to citation and abatement.
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