[Adopted 7-5-1988 by L.L. No. 2-1988 as Ch. 55 of the 1988
Code]
[Amended 11-10-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A.
The keeping of any animal or household pet which has been causing
or caused frequent or long-continued noise which disturbs the comfort
and repose of any person within the vicinity is declared to be a loud,
disturbing, raucous, annoying and unnecessary noise.
B.
Any person owning, harboring or having the care, custody or charge
of any dog, when such dog is housed or confined, shall so house and
confine such dog in a place so constructed as to prevent the disturbance
of persons residing in the neighborhood by the habitual or continued
barking of such dog.
A.
No person owning or having the custody or control of a dog shall
permit such dog to be at large in the Village of North Collins elsewhere
than on the premises of the owner or person having such custody and
control, unless restrained by a chain or leash not exceeding six feet
in length and in the control of a person 14 years of age or older.
B.
The fact that a dog is at large in the Village of North Collins elsewhere
than on the premises of the owner or person having custody and control
of such dog, without being leashed as required, shall be presumptive
evidence that the dog has been permitted to be at large with the knowledge
of the owner or person having custody or control of the dog.
A.
Any dog running at large within the limits of the Village of North
Collins contrary to the provisions of this article shall be subject
to seizure and impounding by any police officer, the Dog Control Officer
or by any other person or agency designated by the Board of Trustees
or authorized by law to seize and impound animals, as provided in
the Agriculture and Markets Law.
[Amended 11-10-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
B.
The Village of North Collins shall make suitable arrangements by
contract or otherwise for the impounding and, in the proper case,
for the destruction of dogs found running at large within said Village
in violation of this article.
[Amended 11-10-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A.
Any dog so seized or impounded shall be held for a period of five
days if such dog is unlicensed or untagged or a period of 12 days
if such dog is licensed or tagged. During this time, the owner thereof
may recover the dog by producing a license for such dog and paying
the following fees:
(1)
Ten dollars for the first impoundment of any dog owned by that person.
(2)
Twenty dollars for the first 24 hours or part thereof and $3 for
each additional 24 hours or part thereof for the second impoundment,
within one year of the first impoundment, of any dog owned by that
person.
(3)
Thirty dollars for the first 24 hours or part thereof and $3 for
each additional 24 hours or part thereof for the third and subsequent
impoundments, within one year of the first impoundment, of any dog
owned by that person.
B.
The above fees shall be paid to the Village Clerk.
If any dog so impounded is not redeemed by its lawful owner
or his duly authorized agent as provided above, the police officer
or person designated by the Board of Trustees to seize such dog may
order the destruction thereof, or the dog may be delivered to a proper
person upon payment of the impounding fee and 12 days' keep,
provided that such person obtains and produces a license for such
dog.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 55-6, Dogs and cats
running at large at night, which immediately followed this section,
was deleted 11-10-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992.
[Amended 11-10-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
The Dog Control Officer is hereby authorized to receive complaints
of offenses against the provisions of this article and to investigate
the same. The Dog Control Officer, having reasonable cause to believe
that a person has violated this article, shall issue and serve upon
such person an appearance ticket for such violation. The appearance
ticket shall be in the form prescribed by the Board of Trustees by
resolution in accordance with the provisions of § 114 of
the Agriculture and Markets Law and this article. An answer to such
appearance ticket may be made within five days of the violation, by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, in lieu of
a personal appearance on the return date at the time and court specified
in the appearance ticket, in accordance with the provisions of § 114
of the Agriculture and Markets Law and this article.
[Amended 11-10-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
Except as otherwise provided in Article 7 of the Agriculture
and Markets Law, an offense against the provisions of this article
shall be deemed a violation, and the person convicted of such violation
shall be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or both.
