[Adopted 4-20-1972 as Art. II of Ch. 5 of the Code of Ordinances
of 1972]
No owner or person possessing or harboring a
dog shall suffer or allow the same to run loose or at large at any
place in the city. No such dog shall be permitted on any public street,
road or highway on or in any public place or on or in any private
place wherein the public is invited to conduct business, unless on
a leash, held by a person of sufficient age, nor shall any dog be
permitted to enter upon any lands of others unless so leashed.
[Added 4-2-1998 by Ord. No. 1664]
No owner or person possessing or harboring a dog shall suffer or allow the same to run loose or at large, be they leashed or unleashed, in any City park, to wit, Hudson Shores Park, Brotherhood Park, Clinton Park, Pershing Green, Seventh Street Park, Red's Field, Elk's Park, Memorial Park, Civic Center Field and 15th Street Park, the locations of which are set forth in Chapter 209 of this Code.
[Added 4-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1665]
Any person owning, keeping, possessing or harboring
any dog shall promptly remove and dispose of all excrement left by
the dog on any public property and/or right-of-way and on any private
property not owned by such person or lawfully occupied by such person.
This section shall not apply to a person who is visually or physically
handicapped.
[Amended 9-5-1996 by Ord. No. 1638]
It shall be the duty of the person or officer authorized under Article 7 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, as amended, to enforce the provisions of such law, to enforce the provisions of this article and to take into his possession any dog found running at large, to be disposed of in the same manner and under the same circumstances as provided for unlicensed or untagged dogs under the provisions of § 118 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, as amended.
No person shall keep or permit to be kept on
premises owned or occupied in whole or in part by him within the City
any dog, bitch or pup which, by its howling, barking or whining, shall
cause unreasonable disturbance in the neighborhood.
[Amended 9-5-1996 by Ord. No. 1638]
The provisions hereof are in addition to regulations
and requirements of Article 7 of the Agriculture and Markets Law and
shall be deemed in addition to the regulations and restrictions therein
contained pursuant to § 124 of said Agriculture and Markets
Law.
[Amended 4-1-1976 by Ord. No. 1245; 9-5-1996 by Ord. No.
1638]
