Village of Mamaroneck, NY
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2023-11-13
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 156 Dogs and Other Animals
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Article VI Prohibition on Sales of Commercially Bred Dogs and Cats
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Amendments and Publication
- Ch 6 Architectural Review, Board of
- Ch 7 Arts Council
- Ch 8 Assessments, Real Property Tax
- Ch 9 Board of Trustees
- Ch 11 Checks, Returned
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 20 Environment, Committee for
- Ch 21 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 23 Fees and Costs
- Ch 26 Fire Limits
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 36 Indemnification and Defense
- Ch 36A Internet Usage Policy
- Ch 37 (Reserved)
- Ch 39 (Reserved)
- Ch 41 Meetings
- Ch 42 Merit Award Board
- Ch 45 Notification of Information Security Breaches
- Ch 48 Officers and Employees
- Ch 56 Pensions
- Ch 58 Planning Board
- Ch 60 Police Department
- Ch 61 Purchasing
- Ch 62 Records Retention
- Ch 64 (Reserved)
- Ch 68 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 72 Traffic Commission
- Ch 73 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 76 Village Manager
- Ch 78 Village Attorney
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 88 Alarm Devices and Systems
- Ch 92 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 96 Amusements
- Ch 100 Antennas
- Ch 106 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 112 Bicycles and Other Wheeled Devices
- Ch 116 Bingo
- Ch 120 Blasting
- Ch 123 Block Parties and Special Events
- Ch 126 (Reserved)
- Ch 130 (Reserved)
- Ch 132 (Reserved)
- Ch 140 Cable Television
- Ch 143 Cannabis
- Ch 145 Community Choice Aggregation Energy Program
- Ch 146 (Reserved)
- Ch 150 Dance Halls and Cabarets
- Ch 156 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 156 Art VI Prohibition on Sales of Commercially Bred Dogs and Cats
- § 156-12 Prohibition on sale of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores.
- § 156-13 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 160 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 164 Electrical Standards
- Ch 168 Environmental Areas, Critical
- Ch 172 Excavations
- Ch 176 (Reserved)
- Ch 178 Film Permits
- Ch 181 Fire Hydrant Accessibility
- Ch 182 (Reserved)
- Ch 183 Fire Lanes
- Ch 186 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 192 Freshwater Wetlands
- Ch 196 Games of Chance
- Ch 200 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 206 Handbills
- Ch 210 (Reserved)
- Ch 218 Historic Preservation
- Ch 222 Housing Discrimination
- Ch 226 (Reserved)
- Ch 234 Laundries and Dry Cleaning
- Ch 238 Littering
- Ch 240 Management of Coastal Zone, Harbor and Vessels
- Ch 242 Mandatory Recycling
- Ch 246 Motels
- Ch 248 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 250 News Racks
- Ch 254 Noise
- Ch 260 Parks
- Ch 268 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 274 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 278 Plumbing Standards
- Ch 279 Public Nuisance Abatement
- Ch 280 Property Maintenance
- Ch 281 Retail Checkout Bags and Other Required Recyclable Materials
- Ch 282 Sewers
- Ch 285 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 286 Signs
- Ch 290 Smoking Policy
- Ch 294 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 296 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 300 Swimming Pools
- Ch 304 Taxation
- Ch 308 Taxicabs
- Ch 310 Telecommunications Franchising and Licensing
- Ch 312 Tenant Protection
- Ch 316 Trapshooting
- Ch 318 Trees
- Ch 320 Vacant Stores
- Ch 322 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 326 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 328 Vehicles, Dimensions and Weights of
- Ch 334 Water Conservation
- Ch 338 (Reserved)
- Ch 342 Zoning
- Building and Land Use Legislation
- Ch 350 Building Code Administration and Enforcement
- Ch 372 Land Use Application Notice Requirements
- Appendix
- Ch A347 Fees
- Ch A348 Subdivision Regulations
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Added 2-22-2016 by L.L.
No. 2-2016, effective 3-8-2016]
A.Â
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any live dog or cat in
any pet store, retail business or other commercial establishment located
in the Village of Mamaroneck, unless the dog or cat was obtained from
an animal shelter or a humane society located in the County of Westchester,
or a nonprofit rescue and humane organization registered with the
New York State Department of Agriculture.
B.Â
For purposes of this section, a "rescue and humane organization"
is defined as a New York State nonprofit corporation that is exempt
from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c)(3), participates
in early age spay/neuter of animals, complies with state and local
laws regarding the humane treatment of animals, and whose mission
and practice is, in whole or in significant part, the rescue and placement
of dogs and/or cats.
A violation of this article may be prosecuted as a misdemeanor.
A violation of this article also may be enforced by means of an administrative
citation and penalty in the amount of $250 for the first violation,
$500 for the second violation and $1,000 for the third violation.
