A.
No person
owning, harboring or having the custody and control of a dog shall
permit such dog to become a public nuisance. A dog shall be considered
a public nuisance if it shall prolongedly or persistently bark or
howl for more than three consecutive hours. Each twenty-four-hour
period thereafter shall constitute a separate violation.
B.
It shall
be unlawful for any owner of any dog in the Village of Endicott to
permit or allow such dog to:
[Added 5-11-2010 by L.L. No. 3-2010]
(1)
Run
at large, unless the dog is restrained by an adequate collar and leash
and is accompanied by its owner or a responsible person and is under
the full control of such owner or person. For the purpose of this
article, a dog or dogs hunting in the company of a hunter or hunters
shall be considered as accompanied by its owner and shall not be required
to be leashed while hunting.
No person shall own or harbor any dog which
shall be vicious or which shall attack or attempt to bite any person
or animal passing on any street, avenue, sidewalk, lane, alley or
in any public place, unless such dog is properly and securely muzzled
so as to prevent such dog from biting or attacking any person or animal.
It shall be lawful for any police officer to kill any such vicious
dog running at large without being properly muzzled as herein provided.
No person shall incite or induce dogs to fight
upon any public street, avenue, sidewalk, lane, alley or any public
place or on any premises.
[Amended 5-11-2010 by L.L. No. 3-2010]
A violation of any provision of this article
is hereby deemed to be an offense punishable by a fine not to exceed
$250 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or both.
Each week's violation shall constitute a separate offense punishable
by like penalty.
