A person who owns or possesses any animal is prohibited from allowing it to disturb the comfort or peace of any persons in the vicinity by long, continued or frequent noise, including howling, whining or barking. If a complaint is made to the Police Department that such noise has occurred, the owner or possessor of the offending animal shall be notified as a warning that he or she has violated the provisions of this article. No penalty, however, shall be imposed unless such notification has been made and a violation thereafter has recurred.
Except as otherwise provided in § 119 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to a maximum fine of $250 or a maximum term of imprisonment of 15 days, or both, for each offense.