[Adopted 6-20-2000 by L.L. No. 3-2000]
This article is adopted pursuant to § 4-412
of the Village Law of the State of New York and Article 7 of the Agriculture
and Markets Law of the State of New York, for the promotion of the
public welfare and general welfare of the community, including the
protection and preservation of the property of the Village and all
its inhabitants and of peace and good order in the controlling and
regulating of muzzled and unmuzzled dogs and cats in the Village of
Millbrook, and to provide for the enforcement thereof.
A.
No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge
of any dog or cat shall cause, suffer or allow such dog or cat 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 such property.
B.
Any person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge
of any dog, or cat which soils, defiles, defecates on or commits 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 such property shall immediately remove
all feces deposited by such dog or cat by any sanitary method approved
by the local health authority.
C.
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated
areas shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping
or in charge of any such dog or cat, in accordance with the provisions
of this section, in a sanitary manner approved by the local health
authority.
D.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to
blind persons who may use dogs as guides.
