A.
The purpose of this chapter shall
be to promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the
Town of Webster, including the protection and preservation of the
property of the Town and its inhabitants and of the peace and good
order by adopting and enforcing certain regulations and restrictions
on the privileges of the owners of dogs and domestic animals and the
rights and privileges of the residents of the Town of Webster and
imposing restrictions upon the keeping and running at large of dogs
or domestic animals within the Town of Webster.
B.
The purpose of this chapter is
to provide for the licensing and identification of dogs, the control
and protection of the dog population and the protection of persons,
property, domestic animals and deer from dog attack and damage.
C.
The Town Board of the Town of
Webster accepts, for the purposes of this chapter, the applicability
of Article 7 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, specifically
§§ 108 and 123 thereof, as to "dangerous dog(s)."
[Added 5-16-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any individual appointed by a municipality to assist in the
enforcement of this chapter.
Any dog or domestic animal that is unleashed and on property
open to the public or is on private property not owned or leased by
the owner of the dog unless permission for such presence has been
obtained. No dog shall be deemed to be at large if it is:
Accompanied by and under the immediate supervision and control
of the owner or other responsible person.
A police work dog in use for police work.
Accompanied by its owner or other responsible person and actively
engaged in hunting or training for hunting on unposted land or on
posted land with the permission of the owner of the land.
As defined in Agriculture and Markets Law § 108.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
As defined in Agriculture and Markets Law § 108.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
All dogs must be equipped with a collar of sufficient strength
to restrain the dog, to which is attached a leash of sufficient strength.
Said leash shall be held by a person having the ability to control
and restrain the dog by means of the collar or harness and leash.
Said leash shall not be more than eight feet long. A harness worn
by a guide dog for the blind shall be considered a suitable leash
hereunder.
The object issued by the Town of Webster and bearing the
number of the license issued to the owner. Said tag will reference
the name of the municipality and contact information.
Includes any person who owns, keeps, harbors or has the care,
custody or control of a dog or domestic animal. Dogs and domestic
animals owned by minors shall be deemed to be in the custody and control
of the minor's parents, guardian or other head of the household where
the minor resides.
A.
No person shall permit a dog or
domestic animal owned by him to be at large within the Town of Webster
unless restrained by a leash or lead; provided, however, that dogs
may be unleashed while controlled or contained on the owner's premises
or when on the private premises of another with the knowledge, consent
and approval of such person or when hunting in the company of and
under the control of a hunter or hunters upon the property of another
with the knowledge, consent and approval of the property owner.
B.
No animal, whether leashed or
unleashed, shall be in any restaurant, grocery or commercial establishment
which sells food for human consumption, or in any cemetery, except
that a service dog for the disabled may enter any such premises if
leading or accompanying a disabled person therein.
C.
No person shall keep or permit
to be kept an animal which has attacked any person peaceably conducting
himself in any place where such a person may lawfully be, or which
has attacked, chased or worried or killed any domestic animal, as
defined in § 108 of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the
State of New York, or any dog or cat, while such animal is in any
place where it may lawfully be.
[Amended 5-16-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
D.
No person who owns a dog or domestic
animal shall permit or suffer such animal to damage or destroy property
of any kind.
E.
Upon the deposit of waste by a dog or other domestic
animal on the property of another person, the owner of such dog or
animal shall remove the waste, and make proper disposal thereof.
F.
No person shall keep or permit
to be kept on the premises occupied by such person any dog which by
its continual barking, howling or whining or other frequent or long
continued noises shall unreasonably disturb the comfort or repose
of other persons.
[Amended 5-16-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]
G.
No person who owns a dog or domestic
animal shall permit the premises, structures or enclosures in which
such animal is kept to be unclean or unsanitary.
H.
No owner of a female dog shall
permit such dog to be off the owner's premises, whether such dog is
leashed or unleashed, while such female dog is in estrus.
The Town Board shall appoint Animal Control Officer(s) as needed
pursuant to the appropriate statutes of the State of New York. It
shall be the duty of any designated Animal Control Officer or peace
officer within the Town of Webster to enforce the provisions of this
chapter as well as the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law
and Title 4 of New York State Health Law.
