[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Chestnut Ridge 9-21-1987 by L.L. No. 23-1987. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the intention of the Village Board of the Village of Chestnut
Ridge by the adoption of this chapter to preserve the public peace
and good order within the limits of the Village of Chestnut Ridge
and to promote the public health, safety and welfare of its people
by enforcing regulations and restrictions on the activities of dogs
which are consistent with the rights and privileges of dog owners
and rights and privileges of other citizens of the Village of Chestnut
Ridge.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
Any dog that is unleashed and on property open to the public
or is on private property not owned or leased by the owner of the
dog, unless permission has been obtained from the owner or lessee.
No dog shall be deemed to be at large if it is a guide dog actually
leading a blind person, or is a police-work dog in use of police work,
or it is accompanied by its owner or other responsible person and
is actively engaged in obedience, or similar, training on unposted
land or on posted land with the permission of the owner of the land.
Any individuals duly appointed by the Village of Chestnut
Ridge to enforce the codes and local laws of the Village.
Any member of this species Canis familiaris.
To provide food or shelter for any dog.
Any person who keeps, harbors or has custody, care or control
of a dog. Dogs owned by minors shall be deemed to be in the custody
and control of parents or other head of the household where the minor
resides. Any person harboring a dog for a period of one week shall
be deemed to be owner of the dog for the purpose of enforcing this
chapter.
Any individual, corporation, partnership, association or
other organized group of persons, municipality or other legal entity.
It shall be unlawful for any owner of a dog within the boundaries
of the Village of Chestnut Ridge to permit or allow such dog to engage
in the following enumerated acts:
A.
Running at large. It shall be unlawful for any owner of a dog within
the limits of the Village of Chestnut Ridge to permit such dog, whether
licensed or not, to be at large elsewhere than on the premises of
the owner or on the premises of another person without the knowledge
and consent of such other person, unless such dog is on a leash.
B.
Nuisance.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for any owner of a dog in the Village of Chestnut
Ridge to permit or allow such dog to engage in habitual loud howling,
barking or whining, outside of their personal dwellings, so as to
create a public nuisance or create an unreasonable noise disturbance
across the real property boundaries of the owner.[1]
[Amended 7-16-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992; 6-15-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
(2)
Permitting the depositing of fecal matter by ones dog upon the lands
of others. It shall be unlawful to permit deposits of fecal matter
by a dog to remain upon premises other than those owned or leased
by the owner of such a dog. Failure to remove said fecal matter within
five minutes of its deposit upon public lands, or the private lands
of another, shall be presumptive evidence of an intent to violate
this provision of the chapter.
(3)
It shall be unlawful for any owner or other person in control of
a dog in the Village of Chestnut Ridge to permit or allow such dog
to remain out-of-doors between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
or any portion of such time, unless such dog is accompanied by the
owner or person in control thereof.
[Added 6-15-1995 by L.L.
No. 1-1995]
C.
Additional prohibitions.
(1)
Interference with enforcement officer. It shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to hinder, molest or interfere with any duly appointed
officer or agent of the Village in the performance of any of the provisions
of this chapter.
(2)
Violation of law. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate
any provisions of this chapter whether or not he has any knowledge
of or intends any violation of said chapter.
[Amended 9-21-1989 by L.L. No. 9-1989; 6-21-1991 by L.L. No. 2-1991; 7-16-1992 by L.L. No. 4-1992; 6-15-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
Any person committing a violation of any paragraph, subsection,
section or provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished
by a fine not exceeding $25 for the first offense, $100 for the second
offense and $200 for the third and subsequent offenses in any twelve-month
period.
