Barking dog rules in Dunnellon, FL — also called nuisance dog, dog noise, or excessive barking ordinances — define when a barking dog becomes a code violation and how complaints are handled.
Marion County's animal code makes an owner responsible for preventing a domestic animal from creating a noise nuisance: barking, whining or howling that can be heard beyond the property line and continues for a minimum continuous 30 minutes may be cited as a nuisance.
Marion County Code Chapter 4 (Animal Control and Enforcement), Section 4-12(b), governs animal noise rather than Chapter 13. It provides that any animal barking, whining, howling, or making objectionable noises clearly heard beyond the owner's property boundary, continuing for a minimum continuous period of 30 minutes, may be considered a nuisance, with the animal control officer exercising discretion based on the totality of the circumstances and a 'reasonable objective complainant' standard. The 7:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. carve-out applies only to commercial boarding kennels in compliance with the Land Development Code, and the subsection does not apply to domestic animals on agriculturally zoned land. The provision derives from Ord. No. 11-55 and was amended through Ord. No. 25-03 (2025).
Animal noise nuisance is enforced through Marion County Animal Services as a code violation; owners are cited under Chapter 4 and may face civil penalties for failing to abate the nuisance.
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