Noisy animal warning notice.

Riverside Municipal Code § 8.10.040

in effect

8.10.040 - Noisy animal warning notice. A. When an animal control officer or police officer of the City is notified or alerted of a possible noisy animal which may constitute a nuisance and has personally confirmed the existence of a potential nuisance, or has received a written complaint under penalty of perjury of such noisy animal signed by the complaining party, that animal control officer or police officer shall issue a noisy animal warning notice to the responsible party. Such notice shall specify that the continued barking, howling or other noise or sounds of such animal is in violation of this Code and that the noisy animal nuisance must be abated forthwith to avoid further City action. Such notice shall be served upon the responsible party or, if such service cannot be safely made, posted at the premises upon which the animal is located. A copy of the noisy animal warning notice shall be filed with the Director of Animal Services. The Director of Animal Services shall, within five days of the issuance of said warning notice, make a reasonable attempt to speak personally or by telephone with the responsible party concerning the matter, including what efforts have been made to abate the nuisance. B. If within five days of the issuance of the noisy animal warning notice the Director of Animal Services determines that the barking, howling or other sound or cry was provoked and that such barking, howling or other sound or cry was not excessive, unrelenting or habitual, the Director of Animal Services shall cause the noisy animal warning notice to be voided and the person to whom it was issued to be so notified. In the event a noisy animal warning notice has been voided, such warning notice shall not be considered as having been issued for the purposes of Sections 8.10.050 or 8.10.085 of this title. (Ord. 6797 § 1, 2005; Ord. 6223 § 1 (part), 1995)

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