Englewood prohibits animal noise audible beyond the owner's property for 10 minutes continuous or 30 minutes intermittent, with complaints handled by the Department of Health.
Chapter 286 specifies that no person shall allow an animal to cause unreasonable annoyance, alarm, or noise disturbance through barking, whining, howling, or similar sounds heard beyond the property boundary. Conduct is actionable when sounds occur as continuous noise lasting at least 10 minutes or as intermittent episodes lasting at least 30 minutes. It is an affirmative defense if a third party intentionally provoked the animal. Complaints go to the Department of Health at (201) 568-3450 during business hours, or Police at (201) 568-2711 outside hours.
Continuous animal noise lasting 10+ minutes audible beyond property line; intermittent noise lasting 30+ minutes; failure to control nuisance animal.
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