HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-Local Law#1_Dog Control and License Fees.pdfTOWN OF ULYSSE
LOCAL LAW NO. 1 FOR 1979
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the .Town of Ulysses, County of ...
Tompkins and State of New York, as follows:
SECTION 1. TITLE
The title of this law is "Dog Control and License Fees L aw".
SECTION 2. PURPOSE
The purpose of the law is to promote the public health, safety, and
welfare of the community, including the preservation and protection
of the property of the Town of Ulysses and its inhabitants, and of the
peace and good order therein by regulating and controlling activities
of dogs within the Town of Ulysses and providing enforcement thereof.
SECTION 3. PROHIBITED ACTS
Any owner of a dog or any other person who harbors any dog in the Town
of Ulysses shall be in violation of this law if such dog:
A. Is at large i.e., is not restrained by an adequate collar and leash
when not on the property of the owner or any other person
harboring or having custody -or control of the dog OR is not accom-
panied by and in the actual control of its owner or any other
person harboring or having custody of the dog. No dog shall be
deemed to be at large if it is: (a) a guide dog actually leading a
blind person; (b) a police work dog in use for police work; or (c)
accompanied by its owner or other responsible person and is active-
ly engaged in hunting or training for hunting on unposted land or
on posted land with the permission of the owner of the land.
B. Engages in habitual loud howling or barking or conducts itself in
such manner as to habitually annoy any person other than the
person owning or harboring such dog.
C. Causes damage or destruction to property, or defecates, urinates,
or otherwise commits a nuisance other than on the premises of the
person owning or harboring such dog.
D. Chases or otherwise harasses any person in such manner as reason-
ably to cause intimidation or to put such person in reasonable
apprehension of bodily harm or injury when not on the property of
the person owning or harboring such dog, or when upon the pavement
or shoulder of any highway.
E. Chases, leaps on, or otherwise harasses any (a)bicycle, motor-
cycle, automobile or any other vehicle or device used by persons
for travel or as a conveyance, or any riders or occupants thereof,
or (b) any cat, dog or domestic animal on premises other than
those of the person owning or harboring such dog.
F. Is unlicensed when six months of age or older.
G. Is not wearing a current and valid New York State dog license
identification tag while at large, whether or not restrained by
an adequate collar and leash.
H. Is not redeemed within five days after being notified either
personally or by mail that said dog has been seized and impounded
pursuant to Section 4 of this law.
SECTION 4. ENFORCEMENT
Any person or persons who are or may be lawfully authorized by the
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Town, shall, and all peace officers may, administer and enforce the
provisions of this law, and for such purpose shall have the authority
to issue appearance tickets and to seize dogs either on or off the
premises of the owner, if witnessed to be in violation of this law.
SECTION 5. FILING OF COMPLAINTS
Any person who observes a dog in violation of any act's prohibited by
this law, may file a signed complaint, under oath, with a Justice of the
Town of Ulysses, or with the authorized dog control officer or any peace
officer, specifying the objectionable conduct of the dog, the date
thereof, the damage caused, or the acts constituting violation of this
law, and including the place or places where such conduct occurred and
the name and residence, if known, of the owner or other person harboring
such dog.
SECTION 6. MINOR OWNER: RESPONSIBILITY OF HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
If any dog in violation of this law is owned by a person under 18
years of age, the head of household in which said person resides shall
be deemed to be the owner or person harboring such dog and shall be the
person responsible for the acts of said dog for the purposes of this law.
SECTION 7. PRESUMPTION
The fact that a dog is in violation of any of the provisions of this
law shall be presumptive evidence that the dog has been permitted to be
in violation with the knowledge of the owner or person harboring the dog.
SECTION 8. VIOLATIONS
No person shall hinder, resist, or oppose
peace officer, or other person authorized to
provisions of this law in the performance of
this law.
SECTION 9. PENALTIES
the dog control officer,
administer or enforce the
the officers duties under
A violation of this law shall constitute a violation as defined in
the Penal Law of the State of New York, and shall be punishable by a
penalty of not more than $25 for the first violation, not more than
$50 for the second violation, and not more than $75 for the third and
all subsequent violations, or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed
five days for each violation. These penalties shall be in addition to
any other penalty provided by law.
SECTION 10. LICENSE FEES
For licenses effective January 1, 1980, and thereafter, the
following fees shall be charged: $5 for each spayed or neutered dog
and $10 for each unspayed or unneutered dog.
SECTION 11. VALIDITY
If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, or provision
of this law shall be judged to be invalid or held unconstitutional, it
shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part or
provision thereof other than the part so decided to be invalid or un-
constitutional.
SECTION 12. EFFECTIVE DATE
This law shall take effect October 1, 1979.
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