[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of West Hampton Dunes as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-1-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
Pursuant to § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, § 2-250 of the Village Law of the State of New York, the Village of West Hampton Dunes, County of Suffolk, and State of New York, hereby enacts as Local Law No. 5 of 1996 this article entitled "Local Law No. 5 of 1996 of the Incorporated Village of West Hampton Dunes, Creating Regulations for the Control of Dogs and Other Animals."
This article establishes a local law for the purpose of creating regulations for the control of dogs and other animals in the Village of West Hampton Dunes and for the following purposes:
A. 
To promote in the public interest the orderly enforcement of laws and regulations in the Village for the control of dogs and other animals.
B. 
To provide for the safety and well-being of the residents of the Village and the visitors to the Village, and to provide for safe conditions in the Village.
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To establish a Building Department and regulation and procedures thereof for the Village of West Hampton Dunes.[1]
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Editor's Note: So in original.
It shall be unlawful to harbor any dog or other animal which continually or intermittently howls, cries or makes other noises disturbing to the peace and quiet of the neighborhood during either the daytime or the nighttime in or on any land, building, structure or water within the jurisdiction of the Village of West Hampton Dunes.
It shall be unlawful to harbor any vicious or unruly dog or other animal, unless muzzled, tied, leashed or otherwise securely confined, in or on any land, building, structure or water within the jurisdiction of the Village of West Hampton Dunes.
[Added 5-29-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
A. 
No person in the Village of West Hampton Dunes who possesses or harbors a dog (male or female) shall permit or allow such dog to run loose or at large in any street, sidewalk, lane or public place in the Village of West Hampton Dunes or upon any private property without the consent of the owner or person in possession of said property.
B. 
During the period beginning at 12:01 a.m. of the Friday prior to Memorial Day through 11:59 p.m. of Labor Day of each year, on every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and on each national holiday occurring during that period, from the hours of 10:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m., no dog shall be permitted at any time to be on any street, sidewalk, lane or public or private place in the Village of West Hampton Dunes unless the dog is effectively restrained by a chain or leash or similar means in the immediate custody and control of the owner or custodian of the dog by a chain or leash not exceeding 10 feet in length.
The owner of each dog and animal pet in the Village or the person responsible for or in the control or possession of every such dog or animal in the Village shall be responsible for the removal and proper disposal of the waste of that animal in the Village both on the property of the owner or individual described herein.
Each violation of any separate provision of this article shall constitute a separate offense hereunder, and any person committing an offense against any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this article shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.