[Adopted 5-1-1996 by L.L. No. 5-1996]
Pursuant to § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, § 2-250
of the Village Law of the State of New York, the Village of West Hampton
Dunes, County of Suffolk, and State of New York, hereby enacts as
Local Law No. 5 of 1996 this article entitled "Local Law No. 5 of
1996 of the Incorporated Village of West Hampton Dunes, Creating Regulations
for the Control of Dogs and Other Animals."
This article establishes a local law for the purpose of creating
regulations for the control of dogs and other animals in the Village
of West Hampton Dunes and for the following purposes:
A. To promote in the public interest the orderly enforcement of laws
and regulations in the Village for the control of dogs and other animals.
B. To provide for the safety and well-being of the residents of the
Village and the visitors to the Village, and to provide for safe conditions
in the Village.
C. To establish a Building Department and regulation and procedures
thereof for the Village of West Hampton Dunes.
It shall be unlawful to harbor any dog or other animal which
continually or intermittently howls, cries or makes other noises disturbing
to the peace and quiet of the neighborhood during either the daytime
or the nighttime in or on any land, building, structure or water within
the jurisdiction of the Village of West Hampton Dunes.
It shall be unlawful to harbor any vicious or unruly dog or
other animal, unless muzzled, tied, leashed or otherwise securely
confined, in or on any land, building, structure or water within the
jurisdiction of the Village of West Hampton Dunes.
[Added 5-29-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
A. No person in the Village of West Hampton Dunes who possesses or harbors
a dog (male or female) shall permit or allow such dog to run loose
or at large in any street, sidewalk, lane or public place in the Village
of West Hampton Dunes or upon any private property without the consent
of the owner or person in possession of said property.
B. During the period beginning at 12:01 a.m. of the Friday prior to
Memorial Day through 11:59 p.m. of Labor Day of each year, on every
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and on each national holiday occurring
during that period, from the hours of 10:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m.,
no dog shall be permitted at any time to be on any street, sidewalk,
lane or public or private place in the Village of West Hampton Dunes
unless the dog is effectively restrained by a chain or leash or similar
means in the immediate custody and control of the owner or custodian
of the dog by a chain or leash not exceeding 10 feet in length.
The owner of each dog and animal pet in the Village or the person
responsible for or in the control or possession of every such dog
or animal in the Village shall be responsible for the removal and
proper disposal of the waste of that animal in the Village both on
the property of the owner or individual described herein.
Each violation of any separate provision of this article shall
constitute a separate offense hereunder, and any person committing
an offense against any provision of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law of the
State of New York, punishable by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this article
shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate
and distinct offense hereunder.