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Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment
in the county jail for a period of not more than 90 days, a fine of
not more than four hundred dollars ($400), or both such imprisonment
and fine:
(1) Any person who unlawfully fights in a public place or
challenges another person in a public place to fight.
(2) Any person who maliciously and willfully disturbs another
person by loud and unreasonable noise.
(3) Any person who uses offensive words in a public place which
are inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction.
Since she refuses to control the dogs’ barking, she is disturbing your peace.
The local ordinance is probably sufficient. I would keep a log of the duration and time of each noise disturbance (if this is possible) and also record the dogs barking in case you end up in court. If the code folks are going to do their job, they will want this information.
