6.08.020 Disturbing the peace.
Lindon City recognizes that the keeping of animals and livestock is inherently associated with odors, animal excrete, flies, and some noises. Unless otherwise stated within this Title, a reasonable level of tolerance will be permitted for these inherent characteristics such as odors, flies, and animal noises that are common to the keeping of animals and livestock in order to protect, preserve, and maintain the rights of land owners to raise animals on their properties.
No person shall own or harbor an animal in such a manner that the public is unreasonably disturbed. The keeping or maintenance, or the permitting to be kept or maintained, on any premises owned, occupied, or controlled by any person of any animal or fowl which, by any frequent or long continued noise, or creation of excessively unreasonable odors uncommon to the keeping of said animals, or shall cause other unreasonable annoyance or discomfort to any reasonable person of normal sensitivity in the vicinity shall constitute a violation of this section; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to apply to reasonably expected noises, flies, or odors customary to the keeping of animals emanating from legally operated dog and cat hospitals, humane societies, pounds, commercial farm, dairy, and/or other agricultural facilities, or areas where keeping of animals or fowl are permitted. The destruction by an animal of property other than that which belongs to the owner of said animals shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
1. Any animal which does any of the following shall be deemed a nuisance until such time as the nuisance violation is rectified:
a. Causes damage to the property of anyone other than its owner or custodian;
b. Is a vicious animal as defined in this Title and kept in a manner contrary this Title;
c. Causes excessively unreasonable fouling of the air by odor not otherwise customary to the keeping of such animal;
d. Causes unreasonable unsanitary conditions in enclosures or surroundings, whether public or private, not otherwise customary to the keeping of such animal;
e. Barks, wines, brays, crows, whinnys, or howls, or makes other disturbing noises in an excessive, continuous, or untimely fashion;
i. Excessive, continuous or untimely noises shall be defined for purposes of this section as barking, baying, crying, howling, braying, crowing, whinnying, or making any other noises continuously and/or incessantly for a period of ten (10) minutes or more to the disturbance of any person at any time of day or night regardless of whether the animal is physically situated in or upon private property; provided, however, that a dog shall not be deemed a nuisance for purposes of this section if, at the time the dog is barking or making any other noise, a person is trespassing or threatening to trespass upon private property in or upon which the animal is situated or for any other legitimate cause which teased or provoked the animal.
f. Molest passerby or chases passing vehicles, bicyclists, or pedestrians;
g. Attacks other domestic and/or wild animals;
h. Otherwise acts so as to constitute a nuisance or public nuisance under the provisions of Chapter 10, Title 76, Utah Code Annotated (1953, as amended).
i. An animal is a nuisance if it is determined by the department to be a nuisance by virtue of being offensive or dangerous to the public health, welfare, or safety.
ii. Any animal which, by virtue of the number maintained, are determined by the department to be offensive or dangerous to the public health, welfare or safety. (Ord. 2012-16, amended, 2012; Ord. 99-17, amended, 2001; Ord. 102 §1, amended, 1983; Ord. 94, amended, 1982; Prior code §2-12)