§ 4-34. Noise.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for the owner, or any caretaker of an animal or animals to allow the animal(s), to bark, meow, whine, howl, or to make other sounds common to the species, persistently or continuously for a period of thirty (30) minutes or longer when the animal is not contained within an enclosure sufficient to baffle loud noises and render them reasonably unobjectionable. This subsection shall not apply to animals maintained on land zoned for agricultural purposes, nor shall it apply to a properly permitted animal shelter established for the care and/or placement of unwanted or stray animals, nor a properly zoned commercial boarding kennel or other animal facility.

(b)

An owner or custodian of the animal(s), may be cited for violation of this section when either the investigating officer has received, from at least two (2) unrelated adult witnesses from different residences, a sworn affidavit attesting to the committing of a nuisance pursuant to such section or subsection, or the citing officer has witnessed the commission of such a nuisance. Affidavits attesting to the nuisance must come from residents within a three-block radius (approximately nine-hundred-foot radius)

(Ord. No. 2017-07, § 31, 5-2-17)