The Dog Warden, his deputies and police officers of the Mount
Vernon Police Department may issue appearance tickets for violations
of any provisions of this article.
[Amended 5-22-1985, approved 5-23-1985]
A. A violation of §
116-1 or
116-3 of this article shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 for each violation found to have been committed or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
[Amended 3-14-2001, approved 3-15-2001]
B. Any other violation of this article shall be punishable by a fine
of not more than $25,; except that when the person was found to have
violated this article, the former Article I or any provision of Article
7 of the Agriculture and Markets Law within the preceding five years,
the fine may not be more than $50; and where the person was found
to have committed two or more such violations within the preceding
five years, it shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $100
or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both.
If any provision, section, paragraph, subdivision or clause
of this article shall be adjudged invalid, such adjudication shall
apply only to the provision, section, paragraph, subdivision or clause
so adjudged, and the balance of this article shall remain valid and
effective.