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Resident asks Mobile County Commission to mandate noise ordinance over persistent neighbor dog barking
Summary
A Theodore resident told the Mobile County Commission she has endured two years of continuous dog barking from neighboring properties and asked the commission to mandate a noise ordinance; county officials said they lack authority to enact such an ordinance and advised follow-up with the absent commissioner.
Octavia Kirksey Killings, a Theodore resident, told the Mobile County Commission on June 23 that she has lived at her address for about 19 years and is asking the commission to mandate a county noise ordinance to address “excessive barking and disturbance” from neighboring dogs that she says has continued for about two years.
The request matters because Kirksey Killings said the barking has affected her sleep, health, studying, and ability to work, and that she has already contacted Mobile County Animal Shelter with no resolution. She told the commission she consulted an attorney, who told her she may have rights under Alabama Supreme Court precedent for private-nuisance claims and that…
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