Plymouth, MN Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

03 of the Plymouth City Code, part of Chapter IX, Section 2025 (Noise), targets animals whose vocalizing or other noise is frequent or continued enough to disturb a neighbor's comfort or repose. Subdivision 9 does not ban barking outright; it defines three specific fact patterns that count as a violation. that can be heard outside the building or premises where the animal is kept and continues intermittently for more than five minutes. Second, noise audible 500 feet from the animal's premises that likewise persists intermittently for more than five minutes.

Third, noise heard from outside the premises, at any hour, for at least five continuous minutes. Any one of these three conditions is sufficient; the City does not need to show all three. The subdivision sits alongside the Section's general prohibition in Subd. 1 against any loudly audible noise that unreasonably disturbs a person's comfort, repose, health, peace, safety or welfare, and the animal-specific rule gives officers an objective, time-and-distance test rather than a subjective nuisance call. 17, Subd. 1, the City Manager can issue written notice ordering an owner to correct or remove a violation within a stated time; failing to comply within that window is itself a separate violation.

17, Subd. 3, violating this noise ordinance is a misdemeanor punishable by the maximum fine and penalty Minnesota law sets for misdemeanor offenses, and each day a violation continues counts as a separate offense. The City may also pursue an injunction or abatement action under Subd. 2 of that same section.