As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GUARD DOG
Any dog trained to patrol private property, attack intruders on private property, on command or otherwise, or to respond to commands in general for the purpose of patrolling enclosed private lands and for protecting property.
PERSON
Individuals, partnerships, corporations and unincorporated associations.
POLICE K-9 DOGS
Such animals as are regularly harbored by police departments and armed forces which, if they were in the employ of private citizens, would be deemed guard dogs.
No person who is in the business of leasing guard dogs to protect private property in the Village shall do so without first obtaining a license therefor from the Town Clerk of the Town of Islip.
Police K-9 dogs and/or armed forces K-9 dogs shall be exempt from the licensing requirement of this article.
After a person shall have obtained a license as a lessor or renter of a guard dog, said person, as a condition of said license, shall immediately notify the Suffolk County Police Department and the district Fire Department involved of the address and location of every guard dog so rented out, the name of the person renting the guard dog and for how long the rental contract shall be in existence. At the conclusion of a guard dog rental he shall again immediately notify both the Suffolk County Police Department and the appropriate Fire Department that the guard dog has been removed from the person's property who rented the same.
Persons in the business of leasing guard dogs shall advise the Police Department and/or the Fire Department servicing their kennel areas as to the number of guard dogs on their premises, the location of the kennel on the premises and the location, if any, where guard dogs are loose and unmuzzled.
Any person who rents a guard dog for any purpose whatsoever shall post a sign not less than one foot square advising the public that a guard dog is employed on the premises. Each renter of a guard dog shall post one such sign on any area of his property fronting on a public highway or street, and, in the event that the property has more than 75 feet of frontage thereon, he shall be required to post an additional sign for every additional 75 feet or more of frontage, at seventy-five-foot intervals.
Persons in the business of leasing guard dogs shall pay a fee for the license in the sum of $100.
This article shall not be construed to relieve from nor lessen responsibility of any person for loss of life or damage to person or property caused by any acts of guard dogs owned, leased, harbored or used by said person, nor shall the Town of Islip nor the Village of Islandia be deemed to have assumed such liability by reason of any license issued.
The imposition of the penalties heretofore provided shall not preclude the Village or the town from instituting any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent an unlawful use or maintenance or to prevent any further illegal acts or uses with regard to guard dogs.