No person shall permit to run at large any horse,
cattle, sheep, swine, fowl or other animal on the roads, streets or
highways of the Town or on property of persons other than the owner
or owners of said animals or fowl.
All animals, birds and fowl may be apprehended
and impounded and sold for costs of keeping, proceedings and penalty
in violation of this article on any highway, street or road or premises
not owned or occupied by the owner or said animal or fowl.
The owner, custodian or person in charge of
any animal, bird or fowl which has been impounded pursuant to any
provision of this article shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter
prescribed.
A Town Justice who, upon written complaint and
after a hearing upon due notice of each owner, custodian or person
in charge of any animal, bird or fowl, shall find that noise, damage
or injury to property made by such animal, bird or fowl shall be a
public nuisance shall direct that such animal, bird or fowl shall
be forthwith impounded unless the owner, custodian or person in charge
shall give assurance satisfactory to such Town Justice that such nuisance
shall be forthwith abated. If such assurance is violated, the animal,
bird or fowl shall forthwith be impounded.
[Amended 4-28-1976 by L.L. No. 3-1976]
Any person committing an offense against any
provision of this article shall be guilty of a violation punishable
by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an
offense against the provisions of this article shall constitute, for
each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense
hereunder.