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Town to consider one-page ordinance defining barking dogs as public nuisance
Summary
Chippewa council previewed Ordinance 269, a one-page measure that would classify a dog barking for 10 consecutive minutes as a public nuisance; the ordinance has been advertised and is scheduled for adoption at next Wednesday's meeting.
The Chippewa Township Council previewed a short ordinance intended to clarify local enforcement of nuisance barking and scheduled it for adoption at next Wednesday's meeting. A council member described Ordinance 269 as “very simple and to the point,” saying the draft is effectively one page and is already advertised for action.
Under the draft language discussed, a dog that barks for 10 consecutive minutes or more would be considered to create annoyance to the public. “Just basically stating out that it has to be for… dog has to be barking for consecutive 10 minutes or more creates annoyance to the public,” the council member said.
The police chief said the proposal looked straightforward and raised no objections, calling it “a pretty clean ordinance.” Councilmembers agreed the ordinance could proceed to a formal hearing and adoption the following Wednesday.
The council did not take a final vote on Ordinance 269 at the meeting; the item remains scheduled for the advertised adoption hearing. If adopted, the ordinance would provide an explicit local standard for officers and residents about when barking complaints rise to a nuisance rather than a momentary disturbance.
