[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Munsey
Park 4-7-1971 as Sec. G110 of the 1971 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 1-14-1981 by L.L. No. 1-1981]
It shall be unlawful for a dog to be on public property unless such
dog is effectively restrained in the immediate custody and control of a person
by a chain or leash not exceeding six feet in length, or on private property
without the consent of the owner or person in possession of such private property
whether or not such dog is so restrained. A person who owns, possesses, harbors,
or has custody of a dog which is not so restrained, whether with or without
the knowledge, consent or fault of such person, shall be in violation of this
section. A person having immediate custody and control of a dog so restrained
who permits such dog to be on private property without consent of the owner
or person in possession of such private property shall be in violation of
this section. It shall be presumed that the presence of a dog on private property
of a person other than the person who owns, possesses, harbors or has custody
of the dog is without the consent of the owner or person in possession of
such private property.
[Amended 8-14-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
No person who owns, possesses, harbors, keeps or is in charge or control
of a dog, cat or other animal shall cause, suffer, allow or permit any such
animal to soil, defile, defecate, or urinate on any public highway, street,
thoroughfare, or walk used in common by the public, or any place where people
congregate or on any private property, without the permission of the owner
of said private property. The restriction in this section shall not apply
to that portion of the street lying between the curblines, and, with respect
to streets which have adjoining sidewalks, the property between the curbline
of the street and the sidewalk, which areas shall be used to curb such animals,
provided that the person who so curbs such animal shall immediately remove
all feces deposited by such animal by placing the feces in a paper or plastic
bag which shall be secured and deposited in a covered garbage receptacle.
[Amended 1-14-1981 by L.L. No. 1-1981]
Any dog on public property which is not effectively restrained as provided in § 76-1 of this chapter, or any dog on private property without the consent of the owner or person in possession of such private property, may be seized by any duly appointed Town of North Hempstead Dog Control Officer, and thereafter, confined in the Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter until disposition is made pursuant to the local law adopted by the Town of North Hempstead relating to such disposition. The Town of North Hempstead Dog Control Officer, observing a violation of this chapter, may issue and serve an appearance ticket for such violation in the form prescribed and in accordance with the provisions of the Agriculture and Markets Law and the Criminal Procedure Law. Any person observing a violation of this chapter may personally appear before the Village Justice and sign and swear to the appropriate accusatory instrument as required by law for the purpose of commencing a prosecution of the alleged violation.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Sec. G110-4, Poundage Fees, which immediately
followed this section, was repealed 4-13-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the
State of New York, no person shall own or harbor within the Incorporated Village
of Munsey Park a dog unless licensed as provided in said law.
No chickens, ducks, poultry, rabbits, pigeons, reptiles, rodents, livestock
or other animals or fowl shall be maintained in the Incorporated Village of
Munsey Park, nor shall any person, firm or corporation maintain on the premises
owned, leased or controlled by them any chickens, ducks, poultry, rabbits,
pigeons, reptiles, rodents, livestock or other animals or fowl. This section
shall not be construed to apply to dogs, cats or other common household pets.
