Springdale, AR Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)
Barking dog rules in Springdale, AR, 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
- Prohibited
- habitual barking, howling, yelping that disturbs
- Scope
- citywide, all zones
- Enforcement
- animal services & code enforcement
- Penalty
- separate offense each day
- Repeat offenders
- habitual-offender status after 3 convictions
Summary
Springdale makes it unlawful to keep or harbor any animal whose loud, frequent, or habitual barking, howling, or yelping disturbs a person or neighborhood within city limits.
Keep or harbor any animal which by loud, frequent or habitual barking, howling, yelping or other noise disturbs any person or neighborhood within the corporate limits of the city.
(5) Keep or harbor a vicious dog or other vicious animal within the corporate limits of the city.
(6) Allow unspayed female dogs to be away from confinement on the premises of the owner, except on a lead and under the control of an adult person, when such dog is in season.
(7) Keep or harbor a dog or cat over four months of age within the corporate limits of the city without such dog or cat having a current vaccination against rabies performed by a veterinarian and microchipping a dog or cat over six months of age. A rabies vaccination is hereby considered current for 12 months, or per veterinarian documentation in accordance with the State Board of Health regulations, following the date of vaccination; provided, vaccination may not be required if the owner of such dog or cat shall exhibit to the city clerk a statement from a veterinarian certifying that such vaccination would be injurious to such dog due to its health. All dogs and cats shall be provided with a collar by the owner to which shall be affixed the vaccination tag.
(8) Permit unsanitary conditions to exist on the premises where any animal is kept which would cause odors, attract flies or vermin, or which would be otherwise injurious to the public health and safety, or would obstruct the free use of property so as
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 145).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 14-5(4) of the animal code bars keeping or harboring any animal that disturbs a person or neighborhood with loud, frequent, or habitual barking, howling, yelping, or other noise, anywhere inside Springdale's city limits: the rule applies citywide, not just in residential zones. The police department's animal services division enforces it under Sec. 14-3, and code enforcement may act too. Sec. 14-2(a) makes each day of a continuing violation a separate punishable offense under the city's general penalty section, Sec. 1-9, so a chronic barker can rack up repeat citations rather than a single fine.
Violations & Fines
Each day of habitual barking that disturbs a neighbor is a separate offense, punishable under the general penalty in Sec. 1-9; repeat violations can also trigger 'habitual animal offender' status under Sec. 14-38.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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