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Resident urges enforcement after prolonged dog-barking on Interlaken street; council points to Wasatch Animal Control
Summary
A resident told the council she cannot use her yard because of a neighbor's repeatedly barking dog; councilors directed her to report the issue to Wasatch Animal Control and noted enforcement is handled by the county.
A resident told the Interlaken Town Council during public comment that a neighbor’s dog persistently barks for repeated five-minute stretches throughout the day, making it difficult for her to use her property.
“Sasha Lingos, 311 Interlaken Box, Plot 1,” told the council she and other neighbors hear the barking inside their homes and on their decks and that the dog’s owner “stops it at the 5 minute mark, but then she sits there, and it just goes all afternoon.”
Councilors responded that animal-control enforcement rests with Wasatch County Animal Control, not the town council. Greg, a council member, advised that the barking constitutes a public nuisance under the town code’s nuisance provisions and that neighbors should report repeated incidents to county animal control so enforcement staff can document and act.
The council clarified it had set a five‑minute threshold in town rules but said enforcement authority lies with the county agency; it directed the resident and neighbors to log incidents with the county as the practical way to begin enforcement.
