No person owning, harboring or possessing any dog shall allow
it to defecate on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, play area, park
or on any public property or on any private property without the permission
of the owner of said property. The foregoing restriction shall not
apply to that portion of any street lying between curblines, so long
as all feces deposited by such dog shall be immediately removed and
disposed of by any sanitary method.
If any term, part, provision, section, subdivision or paragraph
of this article should be held unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective
in whole or in part, such determination shall not be deemed to invalidate
the remaining terms, parts, provisions, sections, subdivisions or
paragraphs of this article.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $250
or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
This article shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary
of State of New York pursuant to § 27 of the Municipal Home
Rule Law.