Medina, OH Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

09 targets nuisance barking directly: no person may keep or harbor a dog within the Municipality that, through frequent and habitual barking, howling, or yelping, creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noises of a character, intensity, and duration that disturb the peace, quiet, and good order of Medina. The ordinance defines who is responsible broadly, not just legal owners. Any person who allows a dog to habitually remain, be lodged, or be fed within a dwelling, building, yard, or enclosure that person occupies or owns is deemed to be harboring the dog, so a tenant, roommate, or relative feeding and sheltering a persistently barking dog can be cited even without owning it.

10, reflecting a single coordinated scheme for animal nuisances enforced by the Police Department and the dog warden. Unlike a numeric decibel standard, the standard here is the qualitative one Ohio municipalities commonly use for animal noise: frequency, habitualness, and disturbance of the peace, meaning an occasional bark at a passerby will not trigger a citation but a pattern of nightly howling that draws neighbor complaints will.