Eagan, MN Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

Eagan City Code § 10.11, Subd. 6.A.1 makes it unlawful for the owner of a dog, cat, or miniature pig to permit the animal to habitually bark, cry, whimper, howl, whine, or emit any other loud or unusual noise, grouping the noise rule with bans on the animal damaging or defecating on others' property and on feces sitting more than 24 hours. Subd. 6.B gives the enforcement mechanism: an animal control officer or police officer may seize, impound, or restrain a dog, cat, or miniature pig that has been permitted to habitually make such noise for a period of two or more hours, either because the owner cannot be immediately located or because the owner failed to stop the noise after an officer's order.

Beyond impoundment, Subd. 8.A lets the city's hearing officer order the destruction or other disposition of an animal upon finding that it habitually barks, cries, whimpers, howls, or whines, following the notice-and-hearing process in Subd. 8.B, which gives the owner ten days to request a hearing before the city acts. That process starts once the hearing officer is advised of the offending animal and can result in an order to remove the animal from the city, confine it, or otherwise dispose of it if the owner does not request or does not prevail at a hearing.