Mulberry
Town Council Passes New Ordinance Regarding Nuisance Dog Barking
At the Mulberry Town Council’s May
meeting an ordinance regarding barking dogs was passed. The ordinance is
designed to protect Mulberry’s citizens from listening to nuisance barking from
neighbors’ dogs. A summary of the ordinance:
1) 1) It defines nuisance barking as 10 minutes of continual
barking, 20 minutes of intermittent barking or barking for any duration of time
between the hours of 11:00 PM and 7:00 AM.
2) 2) Upon a police officer’s personal observation or upon a complaint
by any person disturbed by a barking dog, a Mulberry police may give an oral
warning to the dog’s owner that the annoyance must cease.
3) 3) If the barking continues after the warning, the offending
dog’s owner will be in violation of the barking ordinance. Fines for
violations will be $50 for the first, $100 for the second and $500 for each
subsequent violation.
For further information about this
ordinance, or to report a nuisance dog, contact the Mulberry Town Marshal’s
office at 296-2440.