The Board of Trustees of the Village is hereby authorized and
empowered to appoint a Dog and/or Animal Control Officer on a temporary
basis for the Village. Said officer shall be appointed from time to
time and for such period as the Board may deem necessary and may be
paid on a per diem basis at such rate as the Board may deem proper.
Said officer shall not be appointed in any event for more than one
official year, and his services may be dispensed with at any time
by the Board of Trustees. Said officer shall have all of the powers
and duties provided to a dog control officer as set forth in Article
7 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, except as otherwise
set forth herein.
No person shall keep, house, stable or harbor any horse, farming
animal or draft animal within the Village.
No person who owns, possesses or harbors a dog shall permit
or allow such dog to bark, howl or whine in a loud or prolonged manner
which shall unreasonably disturb any other person.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
FOWL
Includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and other poultry
or domestic birds used for food purposes, and shall include pigeons.
No person shall keep, maintain or possess any fowl within the
Village unless the same shall be securely enclosed at all times within
a yard or enclosure in such a manner as to prevent the running at
large of such fowl.
No person shall keep or house any fowl in any structure within
the Village which shall be within a radius of 200 feet from the dwelling
house or living quarters of any person other than the owner.
Not more than 12 fowl shall be kept, maintained or possessed
by any person on or in any yard, enclosure or premises within the
Village.