[Adopted 7-10-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995 (Ch. 55 of the 1975
Municipal Code)]
The Town Board of the Town of Saugerties, New York, hereby finds
and determines that the soiling of public streets, sidewalks and the
areas adjacent to same and public grounds and parks by droppings and
fecal matter of animals is detrimental to the public health and safety
in areas such as the Town of Saugerties, New York, and it is in the
interest of public health and safety to prohibit all such soilings
by animal droppings and fecal matter.
As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes all feces, excrement, manure, dung or solid waste
matter discharged or eliminated by an animal.
Includes each and every animal kept, controlled, harbored
or otherwise maintained or played with, whether the animal is owned
or not and whether the animal is a pet, domestic or wild or semi-wild
animal, or a dog, cat or any other type of animal.
Includes all property, grounds and parks owned by, operated
by or subject to the control and supervision of the Town of Saugerties
or any municipal body or agency having jurisdiction thereof, which
are outside the limits of the Village of Saugerties.
Includes sidewalks, thoroughfares, byways, alleys, squares,
lanes and walks, and shall include areas adjacent thereto, such as
lawns, public roads, streets and highways, parking lots, loading zones,
driveways and other areas accessible to the public or their animals,
leading to, adjacent to or in the vicinity of public property, grounds
and places above set forth, which are outside the limits of the Village
of Saugerties.
No person shall suffer, allow or permit any animal which such
person owns or harbors, keeps, controls or otherwise maintains to
soil, defecate or deposit any droppings or fecal matter on any public
road, street, highway, sidewalk or area adjacent thereto or upon any
public grounds or parks or any private property without the permission
of the owner of said property, unless such person shall make a reasonable
effort to immediately clean and remove such droppings and fecal matter
in good faith and so as to prevent such soiling action, which soiling
action is declared to be a public nuisance detrimental to public health.
Such soiling action shall be deemed prevented if such persons
shall immediately clean up all such fecal matter and droppings by
causing same to be gathered in a suitable bag, wrapper or other container
and disposed of in a safe and sanitary manner.
Any person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions
of this article shall be guilty of a violation and shall be punishable
by a fine of not less than $25 but no more than $250 or by imprisonment
of not more than 15 days, or both.
