[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of the Branch 11-9-2021 by L.L. No. 5-2021. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Animal and Fowl Law of the Incorporated Village of the Branch, New York."
A. 
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority conferred upon villages by § 4-412 of the Village Law of the State of New York and intends to set forth, define and enforce the responsibility of owners of animals and fowl within the corporate limits of the Village.
B. 
The purpose of this chapter is to preserve the public peace and good order in the Village and to contribute to the public welfare and the preservation and protection of the property and the person of the inhabitants of the Village by declaring and enforcing certain regulations and restrictions on activities of animals and fowl within the Village.
No person shall harbor or keep any cattle, horses, livestock, swine or goats owned by him or under his custody, care or control in the Village or permit the same to run at large within the Village, except that a licensed camp may harbor or keep such animals upon receipt of a special permit by the Board of Trustees.
No person shall harbor or keep any poisonous or dangerous reptile or insect or any dangerous or vicious animal or fowl, wild or domestic, without the written permission of the Board of Trustees.
No person shall allow any animal, fowl, or reptile to run at large or graze upon any public highway, public place or private property of another person without his or her permission, except cats and dogs subject to the provisions of Ch. 118, Dogs, of this Code.
No diseased or disabled animals shall be abandoned or left upon the highway or any public place.
The owner of an animal or fowl which dies or is killed, except those slaughtered for food, shall cause it to be removed immediately and properly disposed of. In the event that the owner shall not immediately remove and dispose of a dead animal or fowl, an authorized representative of the Village may undertake the same, and the costs thereof shall be assessed against the owner or person who kept or maintained the animal or fowl.
A. 
No yard or pen for the keeping of chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigeons, bees, reptiles, rodents or other animals or fowl shall be built or maintained in the Village by any person without the approval of the Board of Trustees, nor shall any person maintain on premises owned, leased or controlled by him or her any chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigeons, bees, reptiles, rodents or other animals or fowl without the approval of the Board of Trustees, and such premises shall be kept and maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.
B. 
This section shall not be construed to grant any exception to any zoning provisions contained within the Code.
Any person who owns, possesses or harbors an animal or bird shall care for, maintain and handle said animal or bird in a manner which shall be sanitary and which shall prevent fighting. No person who owns, possesses or harbors any animal or bird shall make, cause or permit such animal or bird to howl, bark, meow, squawk, whine or make other sounds for a continuous or frequent period of time in a manner which annoys, disturbs or interferes with the comfort, repose, peace or reasonable and normal activities of a reasonable person of normal sensitivities lawfully occupying an area adjacent to or in the vicinity of the source of the sound, taking into account the time of day and the duration of the sound.