[Adopted 5-17-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995; amended in its entirety 2-15-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017]
It shall be unlawful for any person owning,
boarding, harboring or otherwise keeping or having in his or her custody
a dog within the limits of the Village of West Haverstraw to permit
such dog, whether licensed or not, to be at large elsewhere than on
the premises of the owner or on the premises of another person with
the knowledge and consent of such other person, unless said dog, when
accompanied by the owner or other person on a public street, road
or highway in the Village of West Haverstraw, is on a leash or under
the full and immediate control of the person in charge.
Any person who shall cause or permit or suffer
a dog to habitually bark or howl in a manner so as unreasonably to
annoy or disturb the peace or rest of any person, whether such dog
be indoors or out-of-doors, shall be guilty of a violation of this
article. If such barking or howling dog shall also be at large in
violation of this article, then such violation shall be separate and
distinct, and such violations shall not merge with each other but
shall subject a violator to more than one charge and more than one
penalty.
It shall be a violation of this article for
any person to allow or permit a dog to defecate on public property
or the property of another and not to have removed fecal matter immediately
thereafter.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor, within
200 feet of any residential zoning district in the Village of West
Haverstraw, any live swine, rooster, chicken, goose, duck, livestock
or other such animal. The keeping of such animals is hereby declared
to be a nuisance.
Any person or persons who shall hinder, molest
or interfere with any officer or agent of the Village in the performance
of any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of
a violation of this article.
It shall be unlawful to keep more than four dogs, six months
of age or older, in or at any residential dwelling unit, regardless
of whether the dwelling unit shall be located in a residential or
other zoning district.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter
1, Article
III, of the Village Code.
[Adopted 3-21-2018 by L.L. No.
4-2018]
The following terms shall have meaning set forth in this section.
AT LARGE
Not confined, outside an area of escape such as a pen, corral,
yard, cage, house, vehicle, or other secure enclosure, unless otherwise
under appropriate human control.
COLONY
A group of one or more community cats.
COMMUNITY CAT
Any cat that is:
A.
Homeless, stray, or at large, where the cat:
(1)
Has been socialized to people, or is less than five weeks old;
(2)
Could become feral as connection with humans is further removed;
and
(3)
In the case of cats older than five weeks, has a good potential
to quickly become domesticated once again; or
B.
Feral, where the cat:
(1)
Is not socialized towards humans;
(2)
Is born in the wild or is the offspring of an owned cat; or
(3)
Is a formerly owned cat that has been abandoned; or
C.
A cat that lives in the community but is not owned by a human,
sometimes referred to as a "free-roaming" or "street" cat.
DOMESTICATED CAT
A cat:
A.
That is social towards humans;
B.
That currently lives within the residence or on the property
of a person or persons accepted as the cat's owner; and
C.
That is considered appropriate as a companion for humans.
EAR TIPPING
A straight-line cutting of the tip of the left ear of a cat
while the cat is anesthetized.
NEUTER
To permanently sterilize male cats to render them incapable
of impregnating female cats by means of either surgery performed to
remove the reproductive organs or chemical sterilization by which
the cats are injected with a drug approved by the United States Food
and Drug Administration for that purpose.
SPAY
To permanently sterilize female cats to prevent estrus (heat)
cycles and eliminate their ability to become pregnant by means of
either surgery performed to remove the ovaries and uterus or chemical
sterilization by which the cats are injected with a drug approved
by the United States Food and Drug Administration for that purpose.
TRAP, NEUTER, VACCINATE, AND RETURN PROGRAM or TNVR
A program in which community cats are humanely trapped, evaluated,
vaccinated, sterilized, and ear tipped by a veterinarian and returned
to the trap location with the intent of controlling or reducing feline
population and reproduction.
VETERINARIAN
A person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the
State of New York.
Animal control officers operating within the Village of West
Haverstraw shall implement and administer this article in consultation
with community cat welfare experts.