[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Sloatsburg as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-20-1943; effective 2-10-1943 (Ch. 4 of the 1965 Code)]
A. 
No person shall permit or suffer to be at large any domestic animal or poultry, of which he is the owner or may have possession, custody or control, or may in any manner harbor, except, subject to the provisions of Subsection B hereof, a dog when securely and properly muzzled.
B. 
No person shall permit or suffer any dog of which he is the owner or may have possession, custody or control or in any manner harbor, to enter or be in any store where foods for human consumption are offered, displayed or exposed for sale.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Any violation of any of the provisions of this article, except where other punishment is specially prescribed therein, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250, or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days in the Rockland County Jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[Adopted 6-10-1991 by L.L. No. 6-1991]
This article shall be cited and may be referred to hereinafter as the "Dog Control Law of the Village of Sloatsburg."
It is the intention of the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Sloatsburg by the adoption of this article 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 the dog owners and the rights and privileges of other citizens of the Village of Sloatsburg.
Any person or persons who shall hinder, molest or interfere with any officer or agent of the township or Village in the performance of any of the provisions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this article.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
This article shall be enforced by a dog control officer who shall be contracted for with the Town of Ramapo. Such dog control officer shall have all the powers of a constable or other peace officer in enforcing this article and the applicable Agriculture and Markets Law.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
AT LARGE
Any dog that is unleashed and on property open to the public or on private property not owned or leased by the owner of the dog, unless permission for such presence has been obtained. No dog shall be deemed to be at large if it is:
A. 
A guide dog actually leading a blind person;
B. 
A police work dog in use for police work; and
C. 
Accompanied by its owner or other responsible person, and is actively engaged in hunting or training for hunting on unposted land or on posted land with the permission of the owner of the land.
DOG
Any member of the species Canis familiaris.
DOG CONTROL OFFICER
Any individual provided by the Town of Ramapo to the Village of Sloatsburg to assist in the enforcement of this article.
HARBOR
To provide food or shelter to any dog.
OWNER
Any person who keeps, harbors, or has custody, care or control or parents or other heads of household where the minor resides. Any person harboring a dog for a period of one week shall be deemed to be the owner of the dog for the purpose of enforcing this article.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, association or other organized group of persons, municipality or other legal entity.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Each owner of a dog more than four months of age shall immediately make application for a dog license in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, §§ 109 through 111, of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the State of New York.
It shall be unlawful for any owner of a dog in the unincorporated areas of the Village of Sloatsburg 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 Sloatsburg 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 be on a leash, or under the full and immediate control of a person in charge of said dog.
B. 
Nuisance. It shall be unlawful to permit or allow such dog in the Village of Sloatsburg to permit or allow such dog to engage in habitual loud howling, barking or whining so as to create a public nuisance or create unreasonable noise disturbance across real property boundaries.
C. 
Dangerous dog. It shall be unlawful for any dog owner who knows, or has reason to know, of any dangerous and vicious propensities of said dog to permit the dog to run at large in the Village of Sloatsburg.
(1) 
Any person may make a complaint of an attack upon a person or of an attack of a domestic animal to a dog control officer of the Village of Sloatsburg. Such Officer shall immediately inform the complainant of his right to commence a proceeding as provided in Subsection C(2) of this section, and if there is reason to believe the dog is a dangerous dog, the officer shall forthwith commence such proceeding himself.
(2) 
Any person may and any dog control officer, as provided in Subsection C(1) hereof, shall make a complaint under oath or affirmation to any municipal judge or justice of such attack, chasing or worrying. Thereupon, the judge or justice shall immediately determine if there is probable cause to believe the dog is a dangerous dog and, if so, shall issue an order to any dog control officer or peace officer, directing such Officer to immediately seize such dog and hold the same pending judicial determination as herein provided. Whether or not the judge or justice finds there is probable cause for such seizure, he shall, within 10 days and upon written notice of not less than five days to the owner of the dog, hold a hearing on the complaint. If satisfied that the dog is a dangerous dog, the judge or justice shall then order the owner or any dog control officer or peace officer to destroy the dog immediately or shall order the owner to confine securely such dog permanently or at such time as otherwise specified in the order. If the owner fails to destroy of confine the dog as required by such order, any dog control officer or peace officer shall destroy such dog on or off the premises of the owner.
(3) 
Nothing contained herein shall restrict the rights and powers from the provisions of Title IV of Article 21 of the Public Health Law relating to rabies and any rule and regulation adopted pursuant thereto.
D. 
Additional prohibitions.
(1) 
Interference with enforcement officer. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to hinder, molest or interfere with any officer of agent of the Village in the performance of any of the provisions of this article.
(2) 
Violation of article. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this article whether or not he has any knowledge of or intends any violation of said article.
E. 
Defecation on public property; curbing dogs. No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge or control of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate or urinate on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, byway, play area, park or any place where people congregate or walk or upon any public property without the permission of the owner of said property. The restriction in this section shall not apply to that portion of the street lying between the curblines, which shall be used to curb said dog under the following conditions:
[Added 1-1-1997 by L.L. No. 10-1997]
(1) 
The person who so curbs such dog shall immediately remove all feces or urine deposited by such dog by any approved sanitary method of the local health authority.
(2) 
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated area shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge or control of any dog curbed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in a sanitary manner approved by the local health authority.
A. 
The duly appointed dog control officer or any peace officer shall seize and impound any dog found at large in violation of this article. The dog control officer or peace officer shall deliver such dog to a pound or shelter or to the SPCA and notify the Village of Sloatsburg Clerk of the identity of the owner of the dog if same can be established. If the dog's owner can be properly identified, then the dog shall be held and maintained for a period of 10 days for redemption, or if it cannot be properly identified, for a period of five days; thereafter, it may be held and offered for adoption for an indefinite period, or humanely destroyed at the discretion of the dog control officer.
B. 
The fact that a dog is without a current dog license tag attached to the dog's collar or harness as provided in Article 7, § 109, of the Agriculture and Markets Law shall be presumptive evidence that the dog is unlicensed.
C. 
Any person claiming a dog from the pound or shelter of the SPCA must produce a license for such dog and pay the cost of confinement. If the dog is not licensed, a license must be provided and the owner will also be subject to the penalties as provided in Article 7 of the Agriculture and Markets Law.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A. 
The Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Sloatsburg shall contract with the Town of Ramapo for the services of one or more dog control officers for the purposes of assisting, within the municipality, with the control of dogs and the enforcement of this article and the provisions promulgated pursuant thereto.
B. 
Every dog control officer shall have all the powers of a peace officer in enforcing the provisions of this article and the applicable provisions of Article 7 of the Agriculture and Markets Law.
Any person aggrieved by any dog, as defined in this article, may on his or her own motion apply to any court having jurisdiction for all the relief the law provides.
If any provision of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such adjudication shall not affect, impair or invalidate any other provision hereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the provision directly involved in the proceeding in which such adjudication shall have been rendered.
[Amended 6-12-1995 by L.L. No. 3-1995; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Except as otherwise provided in Agriculture and Markets Law § 118, the following penalties shall apply: any person committing an offense against or violating any section or provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding two $250 for the first offense, $500 for the second offense, and $1,000 for the third and subsequent offenses.