For the purposes of this article, the definitions contained in § 108 of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the State of New York shall apply to the words and phrases used in this article.
It shall be unlawful for any owner of or any person keeping or harboring any dog, whether licensed or not, to permit or allow such dog to run at large within the Village of Angola, unless said dog is restrained by an adequate collar and a leash not more than eight feet in length and unless accompanied by its owner or a responsible person able to control the animal.
Any dog not so restrained found off its owner's premises shall be seized and confined until disposed of pursuant to § 118 of the Agriculture and Markets Law.
Dog Control Officers designated by the Angola Village Board, as provided by § 114 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, shall enforce this chapter.
A. 
Habitual barking. No person shall harbor or maintain within the Village of Angola any dog which, by habitually barking or crying, disturbs the peaceful living of any person. Any dog which barks for prolonged periods of time daily for more than two days shall be deemed to be habitually barking.
B. 
Other nuisances. No person owning, harboring, keeping or having custody and control of a dog shall suffer, permit or allow such dog to urinate or defecate on or commit any other nuisance on or to damage property of the public or of another or in any park, public building, street, parking lot or upon any public sidewalk.
The Village of Angola shall make suitable arrangements, by contract or otherwise, for the impounding and, in the proper case, for destruction of dogs running at large within the Village of Angola in violation of this chapter.
After any such seizure and impounding, the owner of such dog, if known, shall be notified thereof.
A. 
Complaints of violation. Complaints of violation of any of the foregoing provisions of § 58-6 of this chapter shall be made on forms provided by the Village of Angola and signed by the complainant before a notary public of the State of New York or a member of the Town of Evans Police Department or a Justice of the Peace of said Town. Each owner who owns or harbors a dog in violation of any provision of § 58-6 of this chapter shall be notified officially, in writing, by the Village Clerk of such complaint. Such notice shall be served either personally upon the owner or harborer of the dog in violation or by registered mail. The owner or harborer shall be allowed five days immediately following the issuance of the notice in which to eliminate the alleged violation. [1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).
B. 
Fines for violation of § 58-6. The owner or harborer of a dog found to be in violation of § 58-6 of this chapter, following the expiration of the time limit set forth in the official notification of the complaint, shall pay a fine not to exceed $50 for the first offense; and for each subsequent offense, the fine shall be not to exceed $100; and each twenty-four-hour period of violation following the expiration of the time limit specified in the notice shall constitute a separate violation.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III).