Barking dog rules in Spartanburg County, SC — also called nuisance dog, dog noise, or excessive barking ordinances — define when a barking dog becomes a code violation and how complaints are handled.
Spartanburg County's noise ordinance specifically excludes sound from domestic animals, deferring barking-dog complaints to the county's animal control ordinance. So a chronically barking dog is pursued through Environmental Enforcement / animal control, not the general noise article.
Section 30-27(9) of the county noise ordinance lists 'sound from domestic animals addressed by other ordinances or statutes' as an excluded sound, meaning the noise article itself does not fine you for a barking dog. Instead, animal-noise nuisances fall under the Spartanburg County animal control ordinance, administered by Environmental Enforcement, which also covers leashing, dangerous dogs, and rabies. Inside the City of Spartanburg, a habitually noisy animal can be addressed as a nuisance under Code § 20-1, which declares 'making or creating noises of such a character as to be of actual physical discomfort to persons of ordinary sensibilities' a nuisance.
Barking complaints are enforced through animal control (county) or the city nuisance code; the city classifies a § 20-1 nuisance violation as a misdemeanor.
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