Franklin County, WA Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

04. 04, titled Dogs and Other Animals, covers licensing, at-large restrictions, and dangerous-dog declarations, but it does not set any noise or barking standard of its own, so a barking dog on private residential property in unincorporated Franklin County falls into a gap between the two chapters rather than being flatly prohibited. The one place Franklin County Code does ban barking outright is inside its own parks. 210(D) states the Board's finding that park tranquility is disturbed by the sound of barking dogs and declares it unlawful to have a dog which is barking in a county park.

The same section requires any animal brought into a Franklin County park to be leashed or otherwise restrained and under control at all times, unless the director waives that for an organized event, makes the animal's owner responsible for removing its feces from the park grounds, and bars animals from any body of water the Parks Department manages. 320, and Parks Department staff, the director, or a law enforcement officer can eject the animal's owner from the park immediately in addition to any charge.