[Added 7-16-1984]
Pursuant to Article 7, § 119, of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, it is a violation of the provisions of said law relative to the licensing, identification and control of dogs for:
A. 
Any owner to fail to license any dog.
B. 
Any owner to fail to have any dog identified as required by Article 7.
C. 
Any person to knowingly affix to any dog any false or improper identification tag or purebred license tag.
D. 
Any owner of any dangerous dog to fail to confine or destroy such dog upon order of any Judge or Justice as provided in § 121 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law (Dangerous dogs).
E. 
Any owner to fail to securely confine any dog as required by an order issued pursuant to § 122 or 123 of Article 7 (Protection of deer and Night quarantine, respectively).
F. 
Any owner or custodian of any dog to fail to confine, restrain or present such dog for any lawful purpose pursuant to Article 7 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law.
G. 
Any person to furnish any false or misleading information on any form required to be filed with any municipality or the State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
Pursuant to Article 7 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, it is the duty of the City of Albany dog control officers to bring an action against any person who has committed within the territorial limits of the City of Albany, New York, any violation set forth in § 115-8 above.
It is in the best interests of the City of Albany to enforce the aforesaid state law and to enforce the same pursuant to any action to recover a civil penalty.
[Amended 5-19-2008 by Ord. No. 25.42.08]
Pursuant to Article 7 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, a violation of any subsection of § 115-8 above shall be prosecuted by an action to recover a civil penalty in the name of the City of Albany, New York. Any person convicted of any such violation shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $35 for each violation, except that when the person was found to have violated this article within the preceding five years, the penalty may not be more than $65, and when the person was found to have committed two or more such violations of this article within the preceding five years, the penalty may not be more than $125.