This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Animal
and Fowl Law of the Incorporated Village of Mineola, New York."
A.
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority conferred upon
villages by § 4-412 of the Village Law and § 122
of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the State of New York and intends
to set forth, define and enforce the responsibility of owners of animals
and fowl within the corporate limits of the Incorporated Village of
Mineola.[1]
B.
The purpose of this chapter is to preserve the public peace and good
order in the Incorporated Village of Mineola and to contribute to
the public welfare and the preservation and protection of the property
and the person of the inhabitants of said Village by declaring and
enforcing certain regulations and restrictions on activities of animals
and fowl within the Village.
No person shall harbor or keep any poisonous or dangerous reptile
or insect or any dangerous or vicious animal or fowl, wild or domestic,
without the written permission of the Board of Trustees.
No person shall allow any animal, fowl, or reptile to run at large or graze upon any public highway, public place or private property of another person without his or her permission, except cats and dogs subject to the provisions of Article II of this chapter.
No diseased or disabled animals shall be abandoned or left upon
the highway or any public place.
The owner of an animal which dies or is killed, except those
slaughtered for food, shall bury or cause it to be buried or incinerated
within 24 hours after its death or after notification of its death.
All animals shall be buried at least three feet underground.
A.
No yard or pen for the keeping of chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigeons,
reptiles, rodents or other animals or fowl shall be built or maintained
in the Village of Mineola by any person without the approval of the
Board of Trustees, nor shall any person maintain on premises owned,
leased or controlled by him or her any chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigeons,
reptiles, rodents or other animals or fowl without the approval of
the Board of Trustees, and such premises shall be kept and maintained
in a clean and sanitary manner.[1]
