Posted on 04/26/2015 3:42:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Mike Landie says he doesn’t know what else to do.
He reached out to NBC 7 after, he says, he’s had to live with constant dog barking coming from his neighbor’s home for years now. He says he’s reached out to police, animal services and his homeowner’s association but the problem is still ongoing.
“At night, I’ve had the dogs wake me up at 11, 12, 3 and 5 a.m.,” said Landie, who lives in Otay Ranch.
His neighbor lives up a grassy hill from his home and when our NBC 7 camera was there, two or three dogs could be heard barking.
“We’ve gone through the routine of doing what you have to do to fix the problem. Nothing’s been fixed,” said Landie.
Landie says he reached out to the Chula Vista Police Department who referred him to the Chula Vista Animal Care Facility. He filed a complaint with the facility and ultimately received a letter from the city stating, “unless and until a second person who lives at a separate address within 100 feet of [neighbor’s address] submits a completed and signed Barking Dog Complaint Form, the City may not issue a barking dog citation to the dog owner.”
In the City of Chula Vista, dog owners may be issued citations if he or she violates municipal code section 6.24.040, Barking Dogs, Enforcement Procedure & Nuisance. It requires that two people who are disturbed by the barking dog and who resides in Chula Vista at separate addresses submit completed and signed complaint forms.
“Yes, [my neighbors] did from both sides of me. Both neighbors, signed complaints as well,” said Landie. NBC 7 spoke to one of Landie’s next door neighbors and he said he did submit a signed complaint.
City officials maintain they have one complaint. The letter goes on to state Chula Vista staff members have met with the dogs’ owner several times.
After our e-mails, Landie’s homeowner association said it will contact the dogs’ owner. NBC 7 reached out to the owner, but has not received a response.
Most areas of the county have laws to stop and prevent frequent or long continued noise, including from animals. Each jurisdiction has its own way of dealing with the issue. In San Diego, residents must contact the city’s Noise Abatement Office. Code enforcement officers respond to complaints, although there must be more than one formal complaint from different households before action by the City is taken.
If you are dealing with a dog barking problem, click here to see how your city handles complaints.
Is the dog barking just next door of 100 feet away?
Four ‘reached out’s. Can we get rid of that useless phrase?
My dogs can bark as much as they want during the day but they stay inside at night.
feed the dog a couple of valium just before they go to bed....works for me.....lol
Reach out and eliminate “reach out.”
Now that we have had a good laugh, just ignore it. It is to be wished this was the worst problem in the world to reach out to.
Otay!
how about cat meowing problems?
I live in Southern California and here is what my city did.
We decided to leave our big dog home for a few days while we traveled north to visit relatives - our neighbors walk the big dog every morning for an hour (they asked US if they could do this, lucky us!!). They graciously offered to not only walk our dog but feed our him while we were away and make sure he had water, etc.
When we returned, we received a voice message from the city stating that there had been a complaint that our dog had been barking all night non stop while we were gone. We were told the next complaint would merit a fine of $1000.
Needless to say, the big dog now goes to a kennel - a no-cage kennel with massive play yard and a shallow pool for the dogs to play in.
If the problem was that bad I’d buy a giant pair of weather-resistant speakers and hook them up to my home stereo system. Then record the problem dog barking with a high quality digital audio recorder and mic. Take the speakers and point them at the home owners who own the dog. Then turn up the volume as loud as the speakers can handle and play the dog’s barking continually 24/7 until the neighbors get tired of it.
In the mean time wear ear plugs!
Otay is pronouced “o-tie”. It rhymes with necktie.
I just turn my hearing aid off...
Not when Buckwheat says it.....
“Otay”
T’was just a matter of time ...
The guy who is complaining probably owns a leaf blower, uses it frequently, and has no idea how annoying THOSE #$%^^^@ things are.
He complained about the problem and the problem is still ongoing. Am I missing something?
LOL!
I'll reach out and see what I can do about that.
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