[Adopted 8-1-1974 as L.L. No. 7-1974]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Great Neck Plaza hereby finds
that it is necessary to adopt a local law to provide for the control of animals
which are wild, ferocious, fierce, dangerous or naturally inclined to do harm.
The presence of such animals in a residential community such as the village
creates a potential danger to the residents.
No person residing within the village may keep an animal of any kind
except when authorized by resolution of the Board of Trustees, provided that
this prohibition shall not apply to dogs, cats and other domestic animals
which are customarily maintained by persons as pets.
Any person who violates the provisions of this Article shall be liable
to pay a penalty not to exceed $250 or to a period of imprisonment not to
exceed 15 days, or both, for each such violation.
[Adopted 11-19-1980 as L.L. No. 7-1980]
Ordinance No. 35 provided for the restriction of dogs running at large
in the Village of Great Neck Plaza. Local Law No. 1 of 1978 provided for the
restriction of other acts committed by dogs within the Village of Great Neck
Plaza. This Article will consolidate all such regulation of these animals,
the enforcement of the regulations and the punishments for violations and,
in addition, will bring the Village of Great Neck Plaza in accord with such
regulations of the other villages within the Town of North Hempstead, enabling
the Town of North Hempstead to assist in enforcement.
The Board of Trustees hereby repeals Ordinance No. 35 and Local Law
No. 1 of 1978.
No person who possesses, maintains, controls, lodges, harbors or has
custody or charge of a dog (male or female), cat or other animal shall permit,
allow, suffer, tolerate or cause such dog, cat or other animal, whether or
not tagged or licensed, to run loose or at large in or on any street, sidewalk,
park or public place or on any private property without the consent or permission
of the owner in the Village of Great Neck Plaza. No such dog, cat or other
animal shall be permitted at any time to be on any street, sidewalk, park,
public place or private property unless effectively restrained in the immediate
custody of the owner or custodian by a chain or leash not exceeding six feet
in length.
If the dog seized is bearing a license tag, the Town Animal Warden or officer or representative of the village shall ascertain the owner of the dog and shall give immediate notice by serving on such owner or adult member of his or her family a notice, in writing, stating that the dog has been seized and will be destroyed unless redeemed within the period provided in §
73-11 below.
A person who owns, has charge of, possesses, maintains, keeps or controls
a dog, cat or other animal shall not permit the animal to commit a nuisance
on a sidewalk of any public place, or a floor, wall, stairway or roof of any
public or private premises used in common by the public, or on a fence, wall
or stairway of a building abutting on a public place, or in the yard or other
area of private property and shall effectively restrain such dog, cat or other
animal from entering on private property without the permission of the owner
and shall keep such animal of whatever kind at the curb on all streets in
the village. The term "sidewalk" as used in this Article shall mean the area
between the curbline and the property line of the abutting property owner.
It shall be the duty of each person who owns a dog, cat or other animal,
and each person who accompanies a dog, cat or other animal, by walking it
or otherwise exercising control of it, to remove any feces left by his or
her dog, cat or other animal on any sidewalk, gutter, street or other public
area in the Village of Great Neck Plaza. The feces shall be removed by being
placed in a bag or other container so that the feces are no longer in the
sidewalk, gutter, street or other public place. The provisions of this Article
shall not apply to guide dogs accompanying any blind person.
Any violation of this Article shall constitute a violation punishable
by a fine of not more than $100 for a first offense and a maximum fine of
$250 for any subsequent offense. For the purpose of enforcing this Article,
appearance tickets may be issued by any village official, the Building Inspector,
the Commissioner of Public Works, by any village employee so authorized by
the Board of Trustees and by any person authorized to issue tickets for parking
violations.