Logan, UT Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

Section 8.16.418 in Chapter 8.16, Sound and Vibration, targets the person who owns, possesses or harbors the animal. A caretaker or tenant who keeps a dog is covered even if the dog belongs to someone else. The covered sounds are howls, barks, meows, squawks and other sounds, and the animal can be any animal or bird, so cats and parrots are inside the rule along with dogs. The only exemption printed is for public zoos.

Two conditions must both be met. The animal must make the sounds frequently or for continued duration, so one burst of barking at a passing delivery driver does not meet the wording. The sound must also create a noise disturbance across a residential real property boundary or within a noise sensitive zone. Section 8.16.300 defines a noise disturbance as any sound that endangers or injures the safety or health of humans or animals, annoys or disturbs a reasonable person of normal sensitivities, or endangers or injures personal or real property. The noise chapter defines a residential area as any area zoned R1, R1A, R2, R2A, MH, R3 or R4. The code sets no minute count or decibel reading for barking.

Chapter 6A.08, the animal control rules, adds a second route. Section 6A.08.130 requires all persons having custody of any animal to exercise proper care and control to prevent the animal from becoming a nuisance, and it lists among nuisance animals one that "makes unreasonable barking, whining, howling, or disturbing noises." Animal control can abate a nuisance animal as provided by law. Section 6A.08.140 lets the Director or a designee relocate or euthanize the animal after obtaining written consent from the owner. If written consent cannot be readily obtained, the Director may file a complaint with the local Justice Court seeking abatement of the animal.