[Adopted as Ch. 92, Art. I of the 1976 Code]
No person who owns, possesses or harbors a dog, male or female, shall permit, allow, suffer or tolerate such dog, whether or not tagged or licensed, to run loose or at large in any street, sidewalk, park or public place in the Village of Great Neck. No such dog shall be permitted at any time to be on such street, sidewalk, park or public place unless effectively restrained in the immediate custody of the owner or custodian of the dog by a chain or leash not exceeding six feet in length.
Any person owning, possessing or harboring a dog, whether or not tagged or licensed, who shall fail to exercise due care in preventing such dog from running loose and at large shall be guilty of a violation of this article. The presence of any dog which is loose and at large shall be presumptive evidence that the person who owns, possesses or harbors such dog suffers or tolerates it to be loose and at large, in violation of this article, and shall be presumptive evidence that such person has failed to exercise due care in preventing such dog from running loose and at large, in violation of this article.
Any dog, whether or not tagged or licensed, found at large in any street, sidewalk, park or public place and not under effective restraint by a chain or leash, as aforesaid, may be seized by any duly appointed dog warden, peace officer or duly authorized officer or representative of the Village and confined and impounded in a pound maintained by the Town of North Hempstead[1] or a dog protective association or a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, pursuant to an agreement between the Village and such town, association or society.
[1]
Editor's Note: A resolution adopted 4-14-1970 provided that dog license applications shall be made to Town Clerk of the Town of North Hempstead and authorized the Town Dog Warden to enter any street, sidewalk, lane or public place in the Village for the purpose of seizing, impounding and disposing of unlicensed dogs or dogs at large.
[Amended 12-16-2003 by L.L. No. 17-2003]
A. 
Any dog so impounded shall be confined for a period of seven days, except that a dog not bearing a license tag shall be confined for a period of 12 days, and may be redeemed by the owner or harborer thereof upon payment to the Town Clerk of the Town of North Hempstead of such sum as shall be established by the Town Board, together with any expenses incurred by the Town for professional veterinary services rendered in the treatment of the dog.
B. 
Any dog so impounded and not redeemed within seven days after such impounding, for dogs bearing a license tag, or within 12 days shall be destroyed or offered for sale or sold by the keeper of said public pound. The carcass of any dog so destroyed shall be disposed of by the keeper of said public pound in a safe and sanitary manner. In the event of a sale under the provisions of this article, the Town Clerk shall collect a fee in the sum as shall be established by the Town Board and shall notify the purchaser to obtain a license for same as otherwise required by law.
[Amended 2-6-1979 by L.L. No. 5-1979]
A. 
When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:
[Amended 11-16-1999 by L.L. No. 9-1999]
ADULT HOUSEHOLD PET
A dog or cat over the age of six months.
HOUSEHOLD
A housekeeping unit comprised of a family, as "family" is defined in § 575-212 of Chapter 575 of this Code, inclusive of household servants.
B. 
No person shall harbor or keep more than three adult household pets on any premises within the Village. With regard to residential uses, each single-family home shall be considered a separate premises, and in the case of a legal multifamily building, such as a two- or three-family home, an apartment, cooperative corporation or condominium, each individual legal residential dwelling unit shall be considered a separate premises. With regard to nonresidential uses, each tenant in a multi-tenanted building, which is completely separated by a masonry wall or similar demising wall from any other tenant within such building, shall be considered a separate premises.
[Amended 11-16-1999 by L.L. No. 9-1999]
C. 
All household pets harbored or kept within the Village shall be cared for, maintained and handled in a humane and sanitary manner, and they shall not be allowed to bark, howl or whine in such manner or times as will disturb the peace and quiet of a reasonable person of normal sensitivities.
[Amended 8-6-2002 by L.L. No. 13-2002]
D. 
Any household unit or business which would suffer a significant hardship in complying with Subsection B of this section may make application to the Board of Trustees for relief. In the event that relief is granted by the Board of Trustees, such relief can be conditioned upon the life of a pet, the continued residency of a particular individual, a limited period of time (with a right to seek a renewal of such period) or such other factors as may be appropriate under the circumstances.
[Added 11-16-1999 by L.L. No. 9-1999]
[Amended 2-4-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
No person who owns, possesses, harbors, keeps or is in charge or control of a dog, cat or other animal shall cause, suffer, allow or permit any such animal to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any street or walk used in common by the public or any place where people congregate or on any private property without the permission of the owner of said private property. The restriction in this section shall not apply to that portion of the street lying between the curblines which shall be used to curb such animal under the following conditions:
A. 
The person who so curbs such animals shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such animal by any sanitary method approved by the Nassau County Department of Health.
B. 
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated area shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any animal curbed in accordance with the provisions of this article, in a sanitary manner approved by the Nassau County Department of Health.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $250 for each offense. Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Such fine shall be in addition to any redemption fee or other fee or expense provided for in § 163-4 of this article.