Satellite Beach, FL Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)
Barking dog rules in Satellite Beach, 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
- Governing section
- City Code § 26-83(6)
- Standard
- Frequent or long-continued noise disturbing others
- Also applies
- General noise rule, § 26-81
- General penalty
- Up to $500 fine / 60 days jail, § 1-13
- Enclosing chapter
- Ch. 26, Art. IV, Noise (last amended 2024)
Summary
In the City of Satellite Beach, keeping an animal or bird that causes frequent or long-continued noise disturbing a neighbor's comfort is a declared noise violation under City Code § 26-83(6), enforceable the same as any other loud or disturbing noise in the city.
The following acts are declared to be loud, disturbing and unnecessary noises, but such enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive: ... (6)Animals, birds, etc. The keeping of any animal or bird which by causing frequent or long continued noise shall disturb the comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity.
Full Breakdown
Section 26-83 lists specific acts the City Code declares to be loud, disturbing and unnecessary noises, stating expressly that the list is not exclusive. ,' targets nuisance animal noise directly: the keeping of any animal or bird that, by causing frequent or long-continued noise, disturbs the comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity. That sits alongside the chapter's general rule in § 26-81, which independently bars any loud, unnecessary or unusual noise that annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others in the city, so a persistently barking dog can be cited under either provision.
The noise article exempts music by bands on streets or sidewalks and religious drumming under § 26-82, but nothing in that exemption reaches animal noise. Chapter 14, the city's animal chapter, separately adopts the Brevard County animal control ordinance by reference for matters like general animal care and control, but the noise-specific rule for a barking dog or bird lives in chapter 26's noise article, which was last amended by Ordinance No. 1248 in March 2024.
Violations & Fines
A § 26-83(6) violation is punished under the general penalty in § 1-13: a fine up to $500.00, imprisonment up to 60 days, or both, with each day the noise continues treated as a separate offense. Any law enforcement or code enforcement officer may act on a complaint under this section.
Frequently Asked Questions
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