Barking dog rules in Kane County, IL — also called nuisance dog, dog noise, or excessive barking ordinances — define when a barking dog becomes a code violation and how complaints are handled.
Kane County makes it unlawful to let a dog or animal bark, howl, cry, or whine day or night so as to disturb the peace, in any incorporated or unincorporated area, when the animal is outside the owner's home. Such an animal is a declared public nuisance.
Kane County Animal Control's ordinance (Section 5/9.3) directly regulates barking dogs countywide. It applies whenever the animal is outside the owner's residence or enclosed building and its noise disturbs any person, place, neighborhood, or family. The animal is deemed a public nuisance. A law-enforcement or deputy enforcing officer who observes a violation issues a written abatement notice to the owner, allowing not less than one day and not more than ten days to correct it. If the owner fails to abate, each 24-hour period is treated as a separate violation. A citizen may then file a Circuit Court complaint; the court may use any means necessary to abate the nuisance.
After notice, each 24 hours the barking continues is a separate ordinance violation. Courts may order abatement by any necessary means, including, at their discretion, humane destruction of the animal.
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