Redlands, CA Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

Animal noise in the City of Redlands is addressed in two parts of the Municipal Code. Under the noise chapter, Section 8.06.090.D makes it a violation to be 'owning, possessing or harboring any animal or bird which frequently, or for long duration, howls, barks, meows, squawks or makes other sound which creates a noise disturbance across a residential or commercial real property line or within a noise sensitive zone.' Separately, the animal regulations include Section 6.24.120, 'Noisy Animals; Prohibited,' which states that no person shall own or keep any animal within the city which, by frequent barking, howling, yelping, whining or making other noise, disturbs the peace of the neighborhood or causes excessive discomfort to a reasonable person of normal sensitivity residing in the area, and declares such keeping a public nuisance. Section 6.24.120 lays out an enforcement process: when a complaint is filed, the animal control officer issues a noisy-animal warning notice, and the owner has ten (10) days to abate the nuisance before being subject to prosecution. The standard is tied to frequent/long-duration disturbance crossing a property line rather than a fixed decibel reading, and it applies day or night. These are the City's own ordinances; San Bernardino County's animal-noise rules apply only to unincorporated areas. California has no statewide barking-dog statute, so the City code controls.