Kenosha, WI Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

' The same subsection separately bars an owner or harborer of a 'fierce or vicious dog' from letting it run at large at any time in the City. The nuisance standard turns on the dog's effect on neighbors, not a fixed decibel level or duration; 'serious annoyance to the neighborhood' is the operative test, so a single short bark is not enough but chronic, habitual noise that disturbs neighbors or passersby is enough to violate the section. C. C sits inside the same subsection as the vicious-dog running-at-large ban, both barking nuisances and dangerous dogs running loose in the City are treated as a single category of prohibited conduct for penalty purposes, sharing one enforcement provision and one forfeiture range under Chapter XIV's general penalty schedule.