Florissant, MO Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)
Barking dog rules in Florissant, MO, also called nuisance dog, dog noise, or excessive barking ordinances, define when a barking dog becomes a code violation and how complaints are handled.
Key Facts
- Prohibited
- barking or noise causing actual discomfort
- Legal standard
- 'normal person of ordinary sensibilities'
- Scope
- any animal, not only dogs
- Chapter
- 205, Animal Regulations, Art. I
- Max penalty
- $1,000 fine / 3 months jail
Summary
Florissant makes it unlawful under Section 205.065 to keep a dog or any other animal that emits barking or other noise causing actual physical or mental discomfort to a normal person of ordinary sensibilities, tastes and habits.
The keeping of a dog or any other animal which emits any barking or other animal noises which produce actual physical or mental discomfort to a normal person of ordinary sensibilities, tastes and habits is hereby prohibited.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4989395; v43 updated 2026-05-26; through 05-26-2026).
Full Breakdown
065 of the Florissant Code of Ordinances, titled 'Keeping of Animals Causing Loud Noises Prohibited,' bars keeping a dog or any other animal whose barking or other noise produces actual physical or mental discomfort to a normal person of ordinary sensibilities, tastes and habits. The standard traces to the City's 1980 and 1990 codes (former Sections 16-238 and 16-352) and sits in Article I of Chapter 205, Animal Regulations, alongside the City's tethering and animal-neglect rules, rather than in the general noise provisions of another title.
The prohibition covers any animal, not only dogs, and it does not set a decibel limit, a time-of-day window or a minutes-per-hour threshold; the test is whether the noise causes actual discomfort to a person of ordinary sensibilities, which lets an officer or the Municipal Court weigh a specific complaint on its facts. 080, the Code's general penalty section, the same backstop used across Chapter 205 wherever an offense is declared but no separate punishment is written in. A resident who believes a neighbor's dog is violating this Section can report it for investigation and, if warranted, prosecution in Florissant Municipal Court.
Violations & Fines
Section 205.065 carries no fine of its own, so a conviction is punished under Section 100.080's general penalty: up to a $1,000 fine, up to three months in the City or County Jail, or both, with each day the noise continues potentially charged as a separate offense. Cases proceed in Florissant Municipal Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a decibel limit or time-of-day rule for barking dogs in Florissant?
Does the noise ban only apply to dogs?
What can happen if I'm convicted of keeping a noisy animal?
Sources & Official References
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