Redondo Beach, CA Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)
Barking dog rules in Redondo Beach, CA, 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
- Threshold
- Audible over 5 minutes in any hour
- Measured at
- Complainant's property line
- Covers
- Any animal or fowl kept on premises
- Enforcer
- Noise Control Officer (Chief of Police)
- Last amended
- Ordinance No. 2592, 1990
Summary
Redondo Beach Municipal Code § 4-24.502 bars keeping any animal or fowl whose sound or outcry is audible at a neighboring property line for more than five minutes in any hour, treating a persistently barking dog as a specific noise violation rather than leaving it to the general nuisance chapter.
No person shall keep or maintain, or permit the keeping of, upon any premises owned, occupied, or controlled by such person, any animal or fowl otherwise permitted to be kept which, by any sound or outcry, shall result in noise levels at the complainants property line which are audible for more than five minutes in any hour.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4889554; v14 updated 2026-05-12).
Full Breakdown
506). It provides that no person shall keep or maintain, or permit the keeping of, any animal or fowl otherwise lawfully kept on premises that person owns, occupies, or controls, if that animal's sound or outcry results in noise audible at the complainant's property line for more than five minutes in any hour. 301, this section does not require a sound level meter reading against a dBA threshold; audibility at the property line for the stated duration is itself the violation. 201, gathering data on the source, its location relative to the complainant's property, and the time and duration the noise was considered intrusive.
502 is enforced as a noise nuisance violation. The section has been amended three times since its 1976 adoption, by Ordinance No. 2478 in 1987, Ordinance No. 2528 in 1989, and Ordinance No. 2592 in 1990, without changing its core five-minute-per-hour standard.
Violations & Fines
Keeping an animal or fowl whose barking or other sound is audible at a neighbor's property line for more than five minutes in any hour violates § 4-24.502, which § 4-24.101 makes a public nuisance punishable as such. The Noise Control Officer, the Chief of Police or a delegated representative, investigates complaints and documents the duration and location of the noise before enforcement proceeds.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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