Port St. Lucie, FL Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)
Barking dog rules in Port St. Lucie, FL, also called nuisance dog, dog noise, or excessive barking ordinances, define when a barking dog becomes a code violation and how complaints are handled.
Key Facts
- Code Section
- Sec. 92.09 (Noisy animals prohibited)
- Night window
- 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- Daytime trigger
- Five minutes, gaps under thirty seconds
- Indoor animals
- Plainly audible at 100 feet
- First-offense fine
- $50 plus $5 surcharge
Summary
Sec. 92.09 bans keeping an animal outdoors that barks, howls or similar between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or that does so repetitively and habitually for five minutes or more. Indoor animals are covered by a 100-foot plainly audible test.
It is unlawful for any person to keep, harbor, own or maintain any animal which causes a noise disturbance by barking, yelping, howling, screeching, squawking, chirping, cawing, crowing or whistling between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or barking, yelping, howling, screeching, squawking, chirping, cawing, crowing or whistling for continuous periods of five minutes or more at a time.
Full Breakdown
Animal noise sits in Chapter 92, not the general noise chapter. Sec. 92.09 has two halves. Outdoors, it is unlawful to keep an animal that causes a noise disturbance by barking, yelping, howling, screeching, squawking, chirping, cawing, crowing or whistling between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or that does so repetitively and habitually for periods of five minutes or more at a time. The section defines repetitive and habitual as non-stop utterances for five consecutive minutes with individual interruptions of less than thirty seconds. Indoors, the test is different: the noise violates the section if it is plainly audible one hundred feet or more from the property line.
Violations & Fines
A law enforcement or animal control officer may issue a citation. Under Sec. 92.99 the fine is $50 first offense, $100 second, and $200 plus a mandatory court appearance for a third, each with a $5 surcharge.
Frequently Asked Questions
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