[Adopted 7-7-1998 by L.L. No. 9-1998]
As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply:
Off the premises of the owner and not under the control of
the owner either by leash, code, chain or otherwise, not over six
feet in length.
Any member of the species canis familiaris.
To provide food and shelter to any dog.
Any person who owns, harbors or otherwise possesses or has
within his custody a dog or dogs within the Village, except that if
any dog is owned by a person under 18 years of age, the owner shall
be deemed to be the parent or guardian of such person.
Any individual, corporation, partnership, association or
other organized group of persons, municipality, or other legal entity.
No owner shall keep, harbor or otherwise have in his custody
more than two adult dogs on any premises within the Village. For the
purpose of this article any dog over the age of six months shall be
considered an adult dog.
No owner shall suffer or allow a dog to run at large in the
Village elsewhere than on the premises of the owner or on the premises
of another person with the knowledge of such other person. Any owner
who fails to exercise due care in preventing such animal from running
loose or at large shall be guilty of a violation of this article.
The presence of any animal which is running loose or at large shall
be presumptive evidence that the person who owns, possesses or harbors
such animal suffers and allows it to run loose or at large in violation
of this article has failed to exercise due care in preventing such
animal from running loose or at large in violation of this article.
If any dog shall bite any person, the owner shall immediately,
upon knowledge thereof, confine said dog, notify the Village Clerk
or the Nassau County Police Department of the place where such dog
is confined and shall not thereafter permit such a dog to leave such
confinement until examined by a duly licensed veterinarian and pronounced
by him to be free from rabies.
Any owner of a dog shall care for, maintain and handle said
dog in a manner which shall be sanitary and to prevent noises, barking,
fighting, howling, or whining at any time so as not to disturb the
peace, comfort and quiet of the neighborhood.
No owner, having the right and ability to prevent, shall knowingly
or carelessly or negligently, permit any dog or other animal to urinate,
defecate or commit any other nuisance upon any sidewalk or grassed
area of any street, avenue or upon any public square, parking area
or place in the Village or upon the fences of any premises, or the
walls or stairways of any building, abutting upon any street, avenue,
public square, parking area or place, or upon the floor of any store
or any building which is used in common by the public, including all
public rooms or places therewith connected, or upon any private property
of another person, nor shall any such owner omit to take any reasonable
and proper act, and take any reasonable and proper precaution, to
prevent any such dog or other animal from committing such a nuisance
in, on or upon any of the places or premises herein specified.
Any animal found running at large within the Village may be seized by any Dog Control Officer or peace officer and may be confined and impounded in the public pound maintained by the Town of Hempstead. Any such animal so impounded shall be confined for a period of five days after the owner of such dog is notified personally of the facts of seizure and the procedure for redemption, or seven days after the owner is so notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, and may be redeemed by the owner thereof within said period upon payment to the Village Clerk of an impoundment fee as set forth in the current Village Fee Schedule (see Chapter 83, Fees), and upon such payment to the Village Clerk of any other fee or charge which may be due by reason of ownership thereof. Any animal not so redeemed within such period of five days shall be made available for adoption or euthanized.
The provisions hereof are in addition to the regulations and
requirements of Article 7 of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the
State of New York and shall be deemed in addition to the regulations
and requirements therein contained, pursuant to the authority of § 124
of said Law.
A.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Agriculture and Markets Law of
the State of New York, no person shall own or harbor within the Village
a dog unless licensed as provided in said law.
B.
Any person violating the provisions of § 56-17A hereof shall be guilty of an offense and shall be liable for and forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding $10. Such offense may be prosecuted in the Village Police Court and all fines collected for such offenses shall be owned, remitted and reported in the manner provided in § 119 of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the State of New York for the civil penalties prescribed therein.
A.
The annual license fee for each dog, which includes a $10 license
fee set by the Village of Stewart Manor pursuant to § 110,
Subdivision 4a, of the of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the State
of New York, shall be as follows:
B.
There shall be no fee for any license issued for any guide dog, hearing
dog, service dog, war dog or police work dog.
C.
In the future, the above fees may be changed by Board resolution.
A.
In addition to the existing requirements to curb dogs as set forth in § 56-13, the person who shall so curb such dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such dog.
B.
The feces removed from the aforesaid designated area shall be disposed
of by the person owning, harboring or having immediate custody of
any dog curbed in accordance with the provisions of this article in
a sanitary manner by placing such feces in a proper receptacle located
upon the premises or property of said person.
