Yucaipa, CA Noise Ordinances: Barking Dogs (2026)

Chapter 6.12 of the Yucaipa Municipal Code defines a kennel as a place where five or more dogs over four months of age are kept, excluding government or nonprofit animal shelters and veterinary hospitals (§ 6.12.010). Section 6.12.040(F) is the barking provision: kennel operators shall take such measures as are necessary to mitigate excessive barking or any noise that constitutes a public nuisance. Section 6.12.040(D) adds a distance rule, one hundred (100) feet from any structure on adjacent property used for human habitation and forty (40) feet from any dwelling on the premises other than the owner or operator's home.

Every kennel needs a permit from the county health officer and pays the annual fee in the county fee schedule (§ 6.12.020), and land use approval through the planning division must come before the permit application (§ 6.12.030). The county health officer can revoke a permit for violating the chapter after ten days notice by United States Postal Service and an opportunity to be heard. The operator can appeal to the Yucaipa City Council by requesting a hearing within thirty (30) days from the mailing of the notice, and the council's decision is final.

For an ordinary household dog, Chapter 6.04 adopts Title 3, Division 2 Animals of the San Bernardino County Code by reference and designates the County of San Bernardino as the enforcement agency (§§ 6.04.020, 6.04.030). The staged Yucaipa code does not reproduce that county text, so no household barking standard is quoted here. Section 1.12.170 separately bars unreasonably loud, prolonged or unusual noise from private property and lets a disturbed person bring a private nuisance action for damages or an injunction.