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The dog barks at all hours of the day and night. We, along with a number of our neighbors on the west side of Manzanita Bay, have filled out barking logs and have mailed them to Animal Control. The dog can even be heard all the way on the west side of Battle Point Park.
We were told by BIPD to report this issue by calling 911. We did and animal control was notified of the issue. Animal Control told us to contact our City Councilmember even after a number of the homeowners in our neighborhood have mailed in the required backing logs. On a separate occasion, we spoke to a BIPD officer at Battle Point Park. He informed us to make contact with the owner.
6.04.060 Howling and barking
It is unlawful for a person to keep or harbor any animal exclusive of livestock and domestic or fancy fowl which habitually howls, yelps, whines, barks, or makes other oral noise in such a manner as to unreasonably disturb others. Any such animal is declared to be a nuisance and may be seized and impounded if the disturbance reoccurs after the animal’s owner has received three warnings within six months from the animal control authority. (Ord. 91-41 § 2, 1991)
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City of Bainbridge Island (Verified Official)
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
An anonymous SeeClickFix user (Registered User)
Due to the topography of Manzanita Bay, the barking at 11371 Blue Heron travels over the bay, gets amplified, and echoes throughout the entire Arrow Point/Battle Point area. The dog can even be heard all the way on the west side of Battle Point Park, nearly a mile away from 11371 Blue Heron.
We reported the issue to code compliance, but we were told by BIPD to report this issue by calling 911. We did and Animal Control was notified of the issue. Animal Control informed us to fill out barking logs, but we should contact our City Councilmember. Even after a number of the homeowners in our neighborhood have mailed in dozens of the required backing logs, Animal Control said they can do little to remedy the situation. On a separate occasion, we also spoke to a BIPD officer at Battle Point Park. He informed us to make contact with the owner of the dog. We did make contact with the homeowner, who acknowledged that “he is a barker” and that they “usually let it out at 2 in the morning to bark at the deer”. She cared very little for her neighbors and the barking continues not just at 2 am, but at all hours of the day and night, for hours at a time.
There is clear language in the COBI code, but little (to no) enforcement of such code. This has been going on since the summertime and is clearly affecting a number of Islanders, many of whom are elderly and ill. These folks cannot continue to lose sleep, or continue to fill out logs and work through the administrative loopholes for enforcement of this particular code.
Acknowledged Jay Harris (Verified Official)