[Derived from Section 18 of the General Code
of Ordinances]
Any person who is the owner of or who keeps
or harbors any dog which shall bite a person who is peaceably conducting
himself in any place where he may lawfully be shall be a disorderly
person and such act shall constitute disorderly conduct punishable
by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $250.
[Amended 5-14-1979 by L.L. No. 1-1979]
A. No person who is the owner of or who keeps or harbors
any dog shall:
(1) Permit or suffer such dog to be off such person's
premises in the village without such dog's being held on a leash and
under control within six feet of such person so as to prevent such
dog from running at large off such person's premises; or
(2) Permit or suffer such dog to defecate on any sidewalk,
driveway, street, public area, playground, school property or private
property other than such person's premises; provided, however, that
such defecation will not cause a violation of this subsection if such
person immediately cleans up the dog's leavings and disposes of them
in a proper manner.
B. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $10 nor more
than $50 for a first offense, and not less than $50 nor more than
$250 for any subsequent offense within a twelve-month period, except
that such fines shall be doubled in the case of failure to clean up
a dog's waste on school property. For purposes of this section, an
offense shall be deemed to have been committed whenever a person has
been served with an appearance ticket for a violation of any of the
provisions of this section and the charge is not dropped or the person
is not acquitted.
[Amended 6-14-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
[Adopted 12-13-2010 by L.L. No. 1-2011]
The purpose of this article is to provide for the licensing
and identification of dogs, the control and protection of the dog
population and the protection of persons, property, domestic animals
and deer from dog attack and damage.
Each dog licensed pursuant to §
67-5 of this article shall be issued an identification tag which shall be affixed to a collar worn by the dog at all times. No tag issued by the Village Clerk shall be affixed to any dog other then the dog to which the tag has been issued.
Every member of the Pelham Manor Police Department is authorized
to exercise all powers and duties of a dog control officer pursuant
to the New York Agriculture and Markets Law, as may be amended from
time to time.
All terms used in this article shall have the meaning assigned
by the New York Agriculture and Markets Law, as may be amended from
time to time.