[Adopted 7-14-1980 by L.L.
No. 19-1980 as Ch. 47, Art. III, of the 1980 Code]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Thomaston, New York, hereby
finds and determines that the soiling of public streets, sidewalks and the
area adjacent to the same by droppings and fecal matter of animals is detrimental
to the public health and safety in areas such as the Village of Thomaston,
New York, and in the interest of public health and safety, all such soiling
by animal droppings and fecal matter is prohibited.[1]
As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes all feces, excrement, manure, dung or solid waste matter
discharged or eliminated by an animal.
Includes each and every animal kept, controlled, harbored or otherwise
maintained or played with, whether the animal is owned or not and whether
the animal is a pet, domestic or wild or semiwild animal, or a dog, cat or
any other type of animal.
Includes all property, grounds and parks owned by, operated by or
subject to the control and supervision of the Village of Thomaston or any
municipal body or agency having jurisdiction thereof.
Includes sidewalks, thoroughfares, byways, alleys, squares, lanes
and walks, and shall include areas adjacent thereto, such as lawns, public
roads, streets and highways, parking lots, loading zones, driveways and other
areas accessible to the public or their animals leading to, adjacent to or
in the vicinity of such public property, grounds and places above set forth.
No person shall suffer, allow or permit any animal which such person
owns or harbors, keeps, controls or otherwise maintains to soil, defecate
or deposit any dropping or fecal matter on any public road, street, highway,
sidewalk or area adjacent thereto or upon any public grounds or parks or any
private property without the permission of the owner of said property, unless
such person shall make a reasonable effort to immediately clean and remove
such droppings and fecal matter in good faith and so as to prevent such soiling
action, which soiling action is declared to be a public nuisance detrimental
to public health.
Such soiling action shall be deemed prevented if such persons shall
immediately clean up all such fecal matter and droppings by causing the same
to be gathered in a suitable bag, wrapper or other container and disposed
of in a safe and sanitary manner.[1]
