[Adopted 5-3-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
This article is adopted pursuant to Article
7, § 118 of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the State
of New York for the purpose of establishing fees for impoundment,
forfeiture and redemption of unlicensed or unidentified dogs.
The meanings of words and expressions used in
this article shall be identical to the meanings as used and defined
in § 108, as amended, of the Agriculture and Markets Law
of the State of New York.
[Amended 4-2-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998]
For each time the Dog Control Officer shall
seize a dog, the owner, upon claiming said dog, shall pay a redemption
fee as set from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The fee schedule is on file
in the town offices.
The provisions of § 118, Subdivision
6, of the Agriculture and Markets Laws are hereby modified to provide
as follows:
A.
Where the Dog Control Officer seizes an unlicensed
dog, he shall hold such dog for a minimum of seven days, and he shall
not euthanize such dog until after 14 days. In the event that such
dog is not claimed by the owner on or before the seventh day, notwithstanding
the provisions of any other law of the town or the State of New York,
the dog shall be available for adoption up until the 14th day.
B.
If a dog is licensed, the Dog Control Officer must
hold such dog for a minimum period of nine days and for an additional
period of seven days thereafter, during which time such dog is available
for adoption. If after the 16th day the dog is not adopted, the Dog
Control Officer may euthanize said dog.
