City of Amsterdam, NY
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2023-09-05
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 73 Animals
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Article IV Removal of Canine Wastes
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Policies
- Ch 9 Bingo Inspector
- Ch 13 Checks, Returned
- Ch 15 Common Council Rules
- Ch 18 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 21 Employee Handbook
- Ch 23 Ethics
- Ch 28 Golf Commission
- Ch 33 Investment Policy
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 45 Pension Funds
- Ch 46 Police Department
- Ch 47 Purchasing
- Ch 49 Records
- Ch 53 Residency Requirements
- Ch 54 Smoking Policy
- Ch 57 Wards
- Ch 58 Waterfront Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 64 Advertising Material
- Ch 67 Alarms
- Ch 70 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 73 Animals
- Ch 73 Art IV Removal of Canine Wastes
- § 73-17 Defecation on public or private property prohibited.
- § 73-18 Removal and disposal by owner.
- § 73-19 Penalties for offenses.
- § 73-20 Exceptions.
- Ch 77 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 81 Bingo
- Ch 86 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 90 Building Construction Code
- Ch 92 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 107 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Energize NY Open C-PACE Financing Program
- Ch 112 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 115 Explosives and Blasting
- Ch 117 Fare Policy
- Ch 119 Firearms
- Ch 122 (Reserved)
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Ch 129 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 133 Games of Chance
- Ch 139 Homestead Program
- Ch 141 Hotels and Motels
- Ch 143 Insurance
- Ch 150 Littering
- Ch 154 Noise
- Ch 156 Nonresident, Residential or Commercial Property Owner Registration
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 160 (Reserved)
- Ch 161 Nuisances
- Ch 164 Parades
- Ch 167 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 169 Pawn Shops and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 171 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 178 Poles and Wires
- Ch 180 Property Maintenance
- Ch 184 Rodent Control
- Ch 190 Sales
- Ch 195 Sewers
- Ch 201 Solid Waste
- Ch 206 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 210 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 212 Swimming Prohibited
- Ch 214 Taxation
- Ch 217 Taxicabs
- Ch 219 Towing
- Ch 221 Trees
- Ch 225 (Reserved)
- Ch 226 Vacant Buildings
- Ch 228 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 232 Vehicles, Junked and Abandoned
- Ch 239 Water
- Ch 241 Waterfront Revitalization
- Ch 250 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-21-1994 by L.L. No. 8-1994]
It shall be unlawful for any dog owner or person
having possession, custody or control of any dog to allow such dog
to defecate on public or private property without the permission of
the owner of such property.
[Amended 10-4-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-9]
It shall be the duty of each dog owner or person having possession,
custody or control of a dog to immediately remove any feces left by
such dog on any sidewalk, gutter, street, grassy area between the
street and sidewalk, park, school yard, Mohawk Valley Gateway Overlook
or other public or private property and to immediately dispose of
the same in a safe and sanitary manner.
[Amended 12-22-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1998; 10-4-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-9]
Any violation of §§ 73-17 and § 73-18 shall constitute a violation punishable by a fine or a civil penalty of $200 per occurrence. For the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this section, appearance tickets may be issued by police officers, dog control officers, code inspectors and by any persons authorized to issue tickets for parking violations.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog accompanying any person
with a disability, as defined in Subdivision 21 of § 292
of the Executive Law.
