Fulshear, TX Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)
Barking dog rules in Fulshear, TX, 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
- Governing section
- § 18-230, Chapter 18 Environment
- Standard
- Frequent, long, or continued disturbing sound
- Presumption trigger
- 3+ complaints from 2+ households in 60 days
- Max fine
- $500 per offense (§ 1-17)
- Applies regardless of
- measured decibel levels (§ 18-239)
Summary
Fulshear prohibits keeping any animal or bird whose frequent, long, or continued sound unreasonably disturbs neighbors, regardless of decibel level, and three or more complaints within 60 days create a legal presumption of violation.
The keeping of any animal or bird that causes or makes frequent or long and continued sound, that unreasonably disturbs, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of ordinary, reasonable persons of normal sensibilities and ordinary tastes, habits, and modes of living who reside in the vicinity thereof is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful as a sound nuisance in violation of this article, regardless of whether the sound so created by said animal or bird is within the permissible levels specified in section 18-239.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4849270; v4 updated 2026-05-19).
Full Breakdown
Fulshear's noise article makes it unlawful to keep any animal or bird that causes frequent or long and continued sound unreasonably disturbing the comfort, repose, health, peace, or safety of neighbors: this applies even if the sound stays under the decibel limits set elsewhere in the article (§ 18-239). Under § 18-230(b), three or more citations or complaints from more than one household within a 60-day period create a rebuttable presumption that the animal's noise violated the ordinance. Violations fall under the city's general penalty, § 1-17, punishable by a fine up to $500, with each day of continued violation a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Misdemeanor under § 18-230, punishable by a fine up to $500 per § 1-17's general penalty; each day the disturbing noise continues is a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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