[Amended 3-28-2016 by Ord. No. 6-2016]
Any person owning or harboring a dog shall not suffer or allow it to run at large in any of the streets or public places of the City, or upon premises of anyone other than the owner or keeper, unless the owner or occupant of such premises grants permission; and no dog shall be permitted in any public place or street within the City, unless it be effectively and actually restrained by a chain or leash not exceeding six feet in length and be attended by a person of adequate ability to properly control it's actions.
Dogs are prohibited in any grocery store or restaurant where food or perishable goods are sold except a guide dog, service dog, hearing dog or detection dog when serving as such.
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Owner's responsibility. An owner of a dog or dogs shall not permit such dog or dogs to become a public nuisance.
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Acts which constitute a public nuisance. A dog shall be considered a public nuisance if it shall:
(1) 
Consistently or persistently bark or howl.
(2) 
Cause personal injury.
(3) 
Cause damage to personal property.
(4) 
Transport trash or create impairment of lawns, hedges, flower beds and gardens on property other than that of the owner or anyone having the dog in custody.
(5) 
Persistently bark or chase pedestrians who are using the sidewalks while the dog is on the property of the owner or harborer.
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Removal of defecations; responsibility of owner to remove defecation. It shall be the responsibility of every person owning, boarding or otherwise keeping or having in his custody a dog within the City of Ogdensburg to immediately remove from any street, sidewalk or other public place or privately owned property (other than the dog owner's property) any defecation made by such dog.
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Dangerous dog. A dog shall be considered a dangerous dog if it is capable of inflicting death or serious injury on a person or another animal and which:
(1) 
Has, without provocation, bitten a person engaged in a lawful activity;
(2) 
Has, while off the property of its owner and without provocation, killed or seriously injured another animal.
(3) 
Has, without provocation, chased, confronted, threatened or approached a person off the property of its owner in a menacing fashion such as would put a reasonable person in fear of attack; or
(4) 
Has exhibited a propensity, tendency or disposition to attack while off the property of its owner, to cause injury or to threaten the safety of persons or other animals without provocation.
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Complaints. Any person may make a verbal or written complaint to the Dog Control Officer of a dog which the complainant believes to be dangerous. The Dog Control Officer shall immediately inform the complainant of his/her right to commence a proceeding under this section. The Dog Control Officer shall follow the procedures set forth in Subdivisions 4 through 13 of § 121 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law and, if there is reason to believe the dog is a dangerous dog, the officer shall forthwith commence such proceeding himself.
It shall be unlawful for any owner of a dog or dogs to fail to provide such dog or dogs with adequate food, water and shelter at all times.
Every person, who owns or harbors a dog or dogs, shall, at all times, keep the area wherein the dog or dogs are kept, possessed or harbored, in a neat, clean and sanitary condition and in accordance with the regulations of the Board of Health and Public Health Laws of the State of New York and such area shall be open to inspection by the proper City and health officials at all reasonable times.
Pursuant to § 113 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, the position of Dog Control Officer is hereby created, who shall be appointed by the City Manager and shall be removed at the pleasure of the City Manager. The Dog Control Officer, in addition to all other powers and duties prescribed by law, shall have the authority to issue an appearance ticket in accordance with Article 150 of the Criminal Procedure Law.
[Amended 3-28-2016 by Ord. No. 6-2016]
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Nonresidents and exhibitors. This article shall not apply to a dog owned by a nonresident, while passing through the City of Ogdensburg, nor to dogs brought into the City of Ogdensburg for a period not exceeding 15 days, if entered in any exhibition at any dog show therein, and confined and in immediate charge of the exhibitor.
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Societies and hospitals. This article shall not apply to dogs actually confined to the premises of incorporated societies devoted to the care or hospital treatment of lost, strayed or homeless animals, or confined to the premises of public or private hospitals devoted to the treatment of sick animals.