Any person owning, keeping harboring or having
the custody or control of a dog, age six months or older, within the
limits of the Village of West Carthage must license said dog as provided
by law.
A. A dog license tag must be affixed to a collar or harness
worn by the dog, for identification, as provided by law.
B. Any resident of the Village of West Carthage owning,
keeping, harboring, or having the custody or control of, a dog must
obtain a Town of Champion license for said dog within 30 days of becoming
a resident of the Village of West Carthage or of obtaining said dog.
[Amended 3-25-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013]
C. For the purposes of this chapter, persons owning,
keeping, harboring or having the custody or control of a dog shall
be deemed to be "owning" the dog and shall be referred to as "owners."
No person owning a dog shall permit such dog
to be at large in the Village of West Carthage elsewhere than on the
premises of the owner, except on the premises of another person with
the knowledge and consent of such other person.
A. This section applies to all dogs whether they be licensed
or unlicensed.
B. The fact that a dog is at large in the Village of
West Carthage, elsewhere than on the premises of the owner, shall
be presumptive evidence that the dog is permitted to be at large with
the knowledge of the owner.
[Amended 3-25-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013]
The owner of a dog within the Village of West
Carthage shall at all times control and restrain the dog, and said
owner shall be of such physical ability to control and restrain the
dog effectively by use of an adequate collar or harness and leash,
except when the dog is on the premises of said owner.
All dogs roaming at large, licensed or unlicensed,
within the limits of the Village of West Carthage shall be subject
to seizure and restraint by the Village of West Carthage dog control
officer or any peace officer of the Village of West Carthage.
No action shall be maintained to recover the
possession or value of a dog, or for damages for injury or destruction
of a dog if said dog was validly seized by a Village of West Carthage
dog control officer or a Village of West Carthage peace officer, and
said dog is not wearing a tag identifying the dog as licensed as provided
by law.
[Amended 5-24-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
Any violation of this chapter shall be an offense
and shall be punishable by a fine of $25 for each offense and a fine
of $50 for each repeated offense or by imprisonment for not more than
15 days.
The following provisions of § 118
of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law are hereby adopted:
A. Any dog control officer or peace officer acting pursuant
to his special duties or a police officer in the employ of or under
contract to a municipality shall seize any dog which is not licensed,
whether on or off the owner's premises.
B. Any dog control officer or peace officer acting pursuant
to his special duties or a police officer in the employ of or under
contract to a municipality may seize any dog in violation of any local
law or ordinance relating to the control of dogs adopted by a municipality
pursuant to provisions of this article.
[Added 7-11-1988 by L.L. No. 5-1988]
The owner of any dog which has been seized pursuant
to this chapter may redeem said seized dog within a period of five
days, provided that such owner produces proof that the dog has been
licensed, and further provided that the owner pays the following impoundment
fees:
A. $10 for the impoundment of any dog owned by that person,
plus the cost of providing food to the dog during the impoundment
period.
[Added 3-25-2013 by L.L. No. 3-2013]
No person owning, keeping, harboring or having custody or control
of a dog or dogs shall allow dog feces to accumulate on their owned,
rented or other private premises for longer than three days. Dog feces
shall be placed in a covered container and discarded properly or buried
in a container made specifically for that purpose.