[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of North Syracuse as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Noise — See Ch. 150.
[Adopted 1-28-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999
as Ch. 86, Art. I of the 1999 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any dog of either sex or any age, whether or not tagged or
licensed.
Any person owning, harboring or keeping a dog within the
Village and the parent, guardian or other person with whom a minor
dog owner resides.
Any person owning or having the care, custody
or charge of any dog housed or confined shall keep the dog in a place
so as to prevent the disturbance of persons residing in the neighborhood
from any loud or disturbing nuisance. A violation is deemed to be
a public nuisance. This section shall be liberally construed to prevent
excessive, disturbing and unnecessary noise, due consideration being
given to the circumstance, time and location of each violation and
the demands of the public health, safety and welfare.
A.
No person owning, harboring or having the care, custody
or control of any dog shall allow or permit such dog to run at large
off the owner's property.
B.
No dog shall be allowed or permitted off the owner's
property except when such dog is restrained by a leash and the owner
is in full control.
C.
The owner of a dog shall not permit or suffer, nor
allow or permit another to suffer or permit, his dog, even though
leashed, to do any of the following acts:
(1)
Damage or destroy property of another.
(2)
Deposit waste on the property of another individual
or entity unless with prior specific approval.
(3)
Deposit wastes on property owned by the Village or
any other governmental entity unless such waste is immediately removed
for suitable and proper disposal.
Any peace officer or designated representative
may seize any unleashed dog running at large off the owner's property
in accordance with the Agriculture and Markets Law.
Any dog seized for violation shall be held for
the period prescribed by the Agriculture and Markets Law. After the
designated time period, dogs will be disposed of at the discretion
of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
No person shall entice or induce dogs to fight
in any street or public place in the Village.
For each violation under this article, penalties
shall be determined by the Village Justice and shall not exceed $25,
except that where the person is found to have violated this article
within the preceding five years the penalty shall not exceed $50,
and where the person is found to have committed two or more such violations
within the preceding five years the penalty shall not exceed $100
or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
Seizure and boarding fees shall be in accordance
with the fee schedule as established by the Village Board of Trustees.
