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.