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Union County sheriff urges tighter, clearer standards for Beresford barking-dog ordinance
Summary
A Beresford resident and Union County sheriff asked the council to revisit Ordinance 5.0217(e), saying the city's current language on nuisance barking is too broad; council agreed to research model language and report back.
Grayson Lass, a Union County sheriff and Beresford resident, asked the City Council to review Beresford's ordinance 5.0217, subsection E, saying the current language could classify ordinary, short-lived barking as a violation.
Lass told the council he lives at 406 West North Maple Street with three dogs and has had roughly four complaints in three years. "They bark at people... cats... [and] tornado sirens," he said, adding that camera footage on one recent call showed barking had stopped by the time officers arrived.
The request centered on whether the ordinance is too broad. Lass said Brandon's ordinance, and Sioux Falls's enforcement practice, offer models that set clearer thresholds:…
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