[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Huntington 4-15-1980 by Ord. No. 80-CE-29. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
The Town Board acknowledges that, with increasing
frequency, the town has received reports of domestic animals being
caught in traps which have been set in relatively close proximity
to areas frequented by the public. It is the determination of the
Town Board that the placing of traps in such areas creates a substantial
risk of serious injury to residents and particularly to children of
a young age. It is the intention of this chapter to reduce the risk
of such injury and thereby promote the general health, safety and
welfare of the community pursuant to Town Law, § 130, Subdivision
15.
No traps, including but not limited to so-called Coni-bear traps, deadfalls or other devices commonly used to capture or kill wildlife, except box traps commonly referred to as "have-a-heart" traps and devices commonly used to trap household vermin, shall be placed or set within 500 feet of a residential structure, boundaries of school property, public road or bus stop or within 150 feet of the boundaries of a park as defined in § 159-1 of the Code of the Town of Huntington.
Notwithstanding the provision of § 184-2 hereof, an owner of property may place or set such traps or other devices on his own property and within the distance of 500 feet of a residential structure located on his property, provided that such traps and other devices are not within 500 feet of a residential structure located on property owned by anyone else.
[Amended 11-6-2019 by L.L. No. 56-2019]
A violation of the provisions of this chapter by any person
or entity shall be an offense, which upon conviction shall be punishable
by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $250 or imprisonment
for a period not exceeding 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall
constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
Any person or entity found by the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication
to have violated this chapter shall likewise be subject to a monetary
penalty within the range of fines authorized herein for any offense
or continuing offense.
