Roseville, CA Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

010(A) makes it unlawful to own, possess, harbor, control, or keep on any premises a dog, fowl, or other animal that howls, barks, bays, cries, squawks, or makes any other noise continuously or incessantly for 20 minutes, or intermittently for an hour or more, in a way that unreasonably disturbs the peace or quiet of any person. Subsection B lists five factors enforcement weighs in deciding whether the noise is 'unreasonable': the volume of the sound, its proximity to residential sleeping facilities, the time of day or night it occurs, how long it lasts, and whether it is intermittent or constant.

The ordinance builds in a defense: an owner is not in violation if the animal was making noise because a person or another animal was trespassing, threatening to trespass, or intentionally provoking or teasing the animal (Sec. 010(C)). 50, an enforcement officer must give the owner or keeper at least one warning after determining a violation has occurred (Sec. 010(D)). Public animal control agencies and shelters, SPCA shelters, and humane society shelters are exempt from this chapter entirely (Sec. 010(E)). The chapter took effect under Ordinance 6268 Sec. 1 in 2020, replacing the city's earlier animal-noise rule with the current 20-minute continuous or one-hour intermittent standard.