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.