[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ardsley as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fees — See Ch. A216.
[Adopted 10-21-1968]
No person, firm or corporation shall hereafter keep or maintain or suffer to be kept or maintained pigeons or bees within the limits of the Village of Ardsley without permission of the Board of Trustees of said Village after public hearing.
Every applicant for such permission shall give at least 10 days' notice of the hearing, excluding the day of mailing and including the day of the hearing, by registered or certified mail to the owners of record of all land, any portion of which is within 200 feet of any portion of the land on which the pigeons or bees will be kept, and a sworn and notarized certificate or affidavit of compliance with this section listing the names and addresses of the persons to whom such notice was so mailed, the date of mailing and setting forth a copy of the notice mailed, shall be submitted to the Board at least 10 days prior to the hearing.
Any person violating any provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine of $5, and each day's continued violation shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Adopted 7-17-1972]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DOG
Any unspayed or unneutered dog or any spayed female or neutered male dog.
[Amended 9-4-1979 by L.L. No. 4-1979]
DOG WARDEN
An employee of the Village of Ardsley and/or of the Town of Greenburgh under terms and conditions contained in a mutual agreement with the Village of Ardsley, whose duty it shall be solely to enforce the terms of this article. The "Dog Warden" shall be designated a peace officer for these purposes.
[Added 4-21-1980 by L.L. No. 2-1980]
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, includes every person having a right of property in such dog and every person who has such dog in his keeping.
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Editor's Note: Former § 90-5, License and registration required; time limit, was repealed 4-1-2013.
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Editor's Note: Former § 90-6, Fees, added 9-4-1979 by L.L. No. 4-1979, as amended, was repealed 4-1-2013.
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Editor's Note: Former § 90-7, Information to be included with application, was repealed 4-1-2013.
No person, except an officer in the performance of his duties, shall remove a registration tag from the collar or harness of any dog without the consent of the owner, nor shall any person attach a registration tag to a dog for which it is not issued.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any dog, whether licensed or not, to run at large within the Village of Ardsley. A dog shall be deemed to be running at large when off the premises of the owner, or of the person keeping or harboring such dog, which is not on a leash, tether, chain, rope or the like, the overall length of which, including the hand grip, shall not exceed six feet, attached to an adequate collar and held by its owner or other person. Such owner or other person shall be physically capable of controlling or restraining said dog.
B. 
Dogs, except Seeing Eye and Hearing Aid dogs, are prohibited from public parks, playgrounds and sport fields owned by the Village.
[Added 5-7-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1984]
A. 
No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park or any place where people congregate or walk or upon any public property whatsoever or upon any private property without the permission of the owner of said property.
B. 
The restriction in this subsection shall not apply to that portion of the street lying between the curblines or edges of street pavement which shall be used to curb such dog under the following conditions:
(1) 
The person who so curbs such dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such dog by any sanitary method approved by the local Health Authority.
(2) 
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated area shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog curbed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in a sanitary manner approved by the local Health Authority.
C. 
No owner of a dog or duly approved kennel within the Village limits shall knowingly suffer or permit any dog or dogs to create any unreasonably loud or disturbing noise of such an intensity and duration as to be detrimental to the life, health or welfare of any individual. The violation hereof is prohibited and deemed to be a public nuisance, and such dog or dogs shall be so housed and confined in a place so constructed as to prevent such disturbing and unnecessary noise as may result from the habitual or continual barking of such dog or dogs. The provisions of this subsection shall be liberally construed to prevent excessive, unreasonable, disturbing and unnecessary noise, due consideration being given to the circumstance, time of day or night, particular location of each violation and the demands of the public health, safety and welfare.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section 8, which immediately followed this subsection and provided that the Chief of Police shall cause an annual canvass to be made of all dogs within the Village, was repealed 12-19-1988 by L.L. No. 7-1988.
A. 
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the local Police Department and/or the Dog Warden(s).
[Amended 4-21-1980 by L.L. No. 2-1980]
B. 
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this article.
C. 
All local contacts with the Dog Warden(s) shall be through the Ardsley Police Department.
[Added 4-21-1980 by L.L. No. 2-1980]
[Amended 4-21-1980 by L.L. No. 2-1980]
Any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with any provision of this article shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $250, respectively for each infraction of the restrictions of this article.