This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Animal Law of the Village of Bronxville, New York."
A. 
As used in this article, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
Any individual appointed by the village to assist in the enforcement of this article or any authorized officer, agent or employee of an incorporated humane society or similar incorporated dog protective association under contract with the village to assist in the enforcement of this article.
AT LARGE
Any dog that is unleashed and on property open to the public or is on private property not owned or leased by the owner of the dog unless permission for such presence has been obtained. No dog shall be deemed to be at large if it is:
(1) 
A guide dog, hearing dog or service dog which is properly harnessed and has been or is being trained by a qualified person, to aid and guide a person with a disability. Persons with a disability accompanied by guide dogs, hearing dogs or service dogs are guaranteed the right to have such dogs in their immediate custody while exercising any of the rights and privileges set forth in Article 4-B of the Civil Rights Law;
(2) 
A police work dog in use for police work; or
(3) 
Accompanied by its owner or other responsible person and is actively engaged in hunting or training for hunting on unposted land or on posted land with the permission of the owner of the land.
[Amended 5-11-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
DOG
Any member of the species Canis familiaris.
OWNER
Any person who harbors or keeps any dog.
RECEIVING PROPERTY
Real property, including but not limited to buildings, grounds, offices and dwelling units, from which sound levels from sound sources outside such property may be measured. For the purposes of this definition, individual offices or dwelling units within a building may constitute a receiving property.
[Added 10-12-2010 by L.L. No. 3-2010]
UNREASONABLE NOISE
Any excessive or unusually loud sound that disturbs the peace, comfort or repose of a reasonable person of normal sensitivities, injures or endangers the health or safety of a reasonable person of normal sensitivities or which causes injury to plant or animal life or damage to property or business.
[Added 10-12-2010 by L.L. No. 3-2010]
B. 
All other words and phrases used in this article shall for the purpose of this article have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by § 108 of the Agriculture and Markets Law.
The purpose of this article shall be to preserve the public peace and good order in the village and to contribute to the public welfare, safety and good order of its people by establishing certain regulations and restrictions on the activities of dogs that are consistent with the rights and privileges of other residents of the village.
An Animal Control Officer may be appointed or designated by the village to enforce this article who shall have all the powers and duties contained in § 114 of the Agriculture and Markets Law.
No owner of any dog shall permit such dog to be at large unless restrained by a chain or leash not exceeding six feet in length.
A. 
No owner of any dog shall permit such dog to chase or harass any person in such a manner as to put such person in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm or injury.
B. 
No owner of any dog shall permit such dog to commit a nuisance, except as provided below, upon any public place in the village including a public park, school grounds, a paved sidewalk or station platform, or inside of any store, station or public waiting room within the village, but not including the gutter of a public street, or upon the property of another person without the consent of such person; provided, however, that if the dog should commit a nuisance upon such public place, the penalties of this chapter shall not apply if the owner or person in charge of such dog shall immediately remove such nuisance and dispose of it in a proper manner. Failure to remove and dispose of such nuisance, except as provided above, shall render such owner liable for the penalties provided in this chapter. Provided, however, that if the dog is a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog and the disability of the person accompanied by said dog prevents such person from complying with this subdivision, such person shall be exempt from the provisions in this subdivision.
[Amended 3-13-1989 by L.L. No. 6-1989; 5-11-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
C. 
No person having charge, care, custody or control of any dog shall cause or permit such dog to cause unreasonable noise, including, but not limited to, any sound that is plainly audible at any location within any residential receiving property as set forth below:
[Amended 10-12-2010 by L.L. No. 3-2010]
(1) 
At or after 7:00 a.m. and before 10:00 p.m., continuously for a period of 10 minutes or more.
(2) 
At or after 10:00 p.m. and before 7:00 a.m., continuously for a period of five minutes or more.
The seizure, redemption, fees and disposal of dogs pursuant to this chapter shall be governed by § 118 of the Agriculture and Markets Law.
[Amended 3-13-1989 by L.L. No. 5-1989]
A. 
The license fee authorized by the New York Agriculture and Markets Law to be collected by the Village Clerk for a dog more than six months of age shall be, for each spayed or neutered dog and for each unspayed and unneutered dog, respectively, as set from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees. (See Chapter A321, Fees Schedule.)
B. 
There shall be no fee for any license issued for any guide dog, hearing dog, service dog, war dog or police work dog. Each copy of any license for such dogs shall be conspicuously marked "Guide Dog," "Hearing Dog," "Service Dog," "War Dog" or "Police Work Dog," as may be appropriate, by the Clerk or authorized Animal Control Officer.
[Added 5-11-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]