For the purpose of this ordinance, except where
otherwise indicated, the words herein shall be defined as in Article
7 of the New York Agriculture and Markets Law (Chapters 220 and 221
of the Laws of 1978).
It shall be unlawful for any owner of a dog
in the City of North Tonawanda to permit or allow such dog to:
B. Be off the owner's property unless leashed by a chain
or leash not exceeding six feet in length and in charge of and under
the control of a competent person.
C. Engage in habitual loud howling, barking or whining
or to conduct itself in such a manner as to habitually annoy any person
other than the owner or harborer of the dog.
D. Cause damage or destruction to public or private property,
soil, defile, defecate, urinate or otherwise commit a nuisance upon
the property other than the owner or harborer of the dog. The restriction
in this section shall not apply to a dog defecating or urinating in
that portion of the street lying between the curblines, which shall
be used to curb such dog under the following conditions: when the
person who so curbs such dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited
by such dog by any sanitary method and shall dispose of such feces
in a sanitary place and method.
E. Chase, leap on or otherwise harass bicycles or motor
vehicles.
F. Bite, chase, jump upon or otherwise harass any person
in such a manner as to cause intimidation or to put such a person
in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm or injury.
G. Be unlicensed when six months of age or older, unless
excluded by state law.
H. Not have a current and valid New York State identification
tag on its collar while at large, whether or not restrained by an
adequate leash.
I. Be on North Tonawanda Farmers Market premises, located on Robinson
Street, during normal Farmers Market business hours.
[Added 3-6-2018]
A violation of any of the regulations and restrictions
set forth in this ordinance shall be punishable by a fine not more
than $25 for first offense; by a fine of not more than $50 for a second
offense; and by a fine of not more than $100 for a third or subsequent
offense.
Any dog control officer or police officer is
authorized to issue an appearance ticket, pursuant to the Criminal
Procedure Law, to assist in the enforcement of this ordinance.
The owner or harborer of any dog so destroyed
under the provisions of this ordinance, whether destroyed by dog control
officer, or peace officer, or released to an authorized humane society
or veterinarian, shall not be entitled to any compensation, and no
action shall be maintainable thereafter to recover the value of such
dog or any other type of damage.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately.