The City Council of the City of Newburgh shall designate the
sites and/or facilities which shall constitute the public pound of
the City. In the absence of any such designation by the City Council,
the City Manager may make such designation.
Any animal found in any public street, thoroughfare, park or
other public or common grounds, property or area in violation of the
provisions of this article or of the Agriculture and Markets Law of
the State of New York shall be impounded.
No domesticated fowl shall be permitted in any street or other
public area owned or controlled by the City.
At the expiration of the time set forth in the New York State
Agriculture and Markets Law, all unclaimed impounded animals may be
destroyed or disposed of under the direction of the City veterinarian,
or City Chief of Police, or Code Compliance Officer, or Animal Control
Officer, or City Manager, or other City official with responsibility
for same.
No person shall breed or attempt to breed or aid or abet the
breeding of any animal in any public place within the City or in any
place within the City not entirely enclosed and completely screened
from observation from without the enclosure. Any such breeding shall
be allowed only in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and
regulations.
No person shall hunt, shoot, feed or in any manner interfere
with or annoy any wild animals, fish, game or birds within the City,
except as the City may permit or allow.
Every stable or other building where a horse or horses, or other
farm or domesticated animals are kept shall be maintained in a clean
and sanitary condition. All manure in or about a stable or enclosure
where animals are kept or confined, when allowed to accumulate for
more than 24 hours, shall be kept in properly constructed manure receptacles,
which shall be flyproof and watertight and provided with a well-fitting
cover, which shall be kept tightly closed, and which shall be adequate
and sufficient to fully contain such manure, and prevent the release
of odors, and prevent access thereto by insects or vermin, except
when in actual use of filling or emptying. No pile or deposit of manure
or other offensive substances shall be made within 100 feet of any
inhabited dwelling or business location, or anywhere on property owned
or controlled by the City, or on any street or parkland or other City
property.
The fee chargeable by the City Clerk, Chief of Police, Code Compliance Supervisor, City Manager, City Comptroller or Animal Control Officer for destroying and disposing of dogs and cats, either with the consent of the owners of such animals or as allowed or provided by the Agriculture and Markets Law and other laws of the State of New York, shall be as set forth in Chapter
163, Fees, of this Code. All fees received shall be remitted to the City Clerk.