[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of the Branch 11-9-2021 by L.L. No. 5-2021. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Animal
and Fowl Law of the Incorporated Village of the Branch, New York."
A.
This chapter
is enacted pursuant to the authority conferred upon villages by §
4-412 of the Village 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 Village.
B.
The purpose
of this chapter is to preserve the public peace and good order in
the Village and to contribute to the public welfare and the preservation
and protection of the property and the person of the inhabitants of
the 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 cattle, horses, livestock,
swine or goats owned by him or under his custody, care or control
in the Village or permit the same to run at large within the Village,
except that a licensed camp may harbor or keep such animals upon receipt
of a special permit by the Board of Trustees.
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 Ch. 118, Dogs, of this Code.
No diseased or disabled animals shall be abandoned or left upon
the highway or any public place.
The owner of an animal or fowl which dies or is killed, except
those slaughtered for food, shall cause it to be removed immediately
and properly disposed of. In the event that the owner shall not immediately
remove and dispose of a dead animal or fowl, an authorized representative
of the Village may undertake the same, and the costs thereof shall
be assessed against the owner or person who kept or maintained the
animal or fowl.
A.
No yard
or pen for the keeping of chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigeons, bees,
reptiles, rodents or other animals or fowl shall be built or maintained
in the Village 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,
bees, 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.
B.
This section
shall not be construed to grant any exception to any zoning provisions
contained within the Code.
Any person who owns, possesses or harbors an animal or bird
shall care for, maintain and handle said animal or bird in a manner
which shall be sanitary and which shall prevent fighting. No person
who owns, possesses or harbors any animal or bird shall make, cause
or permit such animal or bird to howl, bark, meow, squawk, whine or
make other sounds for a continuous or frequent period of time in a
manner which annoys, disturbs or interferes with the comfort, repose,
peace or reasonable and normal activities of a reasonable person of
normal sensitivities lawfully occupying an area adjacent to or in
the vicinity of the source of the sound, taking into account the time
of day and the duration of the sound.
