Barking dog rules in Plumas County, CA — also called nuisance dog, dog noise, or excessive barking ordinances — define when a barking dog becomes a code violation and how complaints are handled.
In unincorporated Plumas County, an animal whose sound disrupts the peace and quiet of the neighborhood is a public nuisance under the Animals chapter of the County Code (Title 6, Chapter 1). The Animal Control Director investigates complaints and may order the owner to abate the condition. Barking-dog complaints go to Plumas County Animal Services, (530) 283-3673.
Animal noise in unincorporated Plumas County is addressed in the Animals chapter of the County Code (Title 6, Chapter 1). The County declares it a public nuisance for any person to keep, maintain or permit any animal which, by any sound uttered by it, disrupts the peace and quiet of the inhabitants of a neighborhood or interferes with a person's reasonable and comfortable enjoyment of life and property. The Animal Control Director may investigate a complaint and, if the nuisance condition is found, may issue an order to conform requiring the owner or custodian to abate the condition within a reasonable time. The standard is qualitative - habitual or repeated barking/howling that disturbs the neighborhood - rather than a decibel reading, which suits the county's rural character. Animal-noise and barking-dog complaints are directed to Plumas County Animal Services at (530) 283-3673. The County's broader land-use noise standards in the General Plan Noise Element and zoning Section 9-2.413 provide additional backing where animal noise rises to a nuisance level. These provisions apply only in the unincorporated area; the City of Portola has its own code.
A barking or noise-making animal that is found to disrupt the neighborhood's peace and quiet is a public nuisance; the Animal Control Director may issue an order to conform requiring abatement within a reasonable time, with continued violations subject to the County's nuisance-abatement and code-enforcement remedies. Persistent disturbances may also be referred to the Sheriff (530-283-6300).
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