Resident urges tougher enforcement for daytime nuisance barking; city points to 30‑minute standard under state law
A resident asked the committee for stronger enforcement of daytime nuisance dog barking. Police and the city attorney said enforcement is constrained by state RSA language; officers can issue summonses for 30 minutes of continuous barking but verifying that standard often requires timestamped video evidence.
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A Keene resident, introduced on the agenda as Terry Oor of 34 Hillside, asked the committee what steps can be taken about an ongoing neighbor‑dog barking problem during daytime hours. Oor said she had been documenting episodes for more than a year and that some episodes exceeded a half hour.
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