ARTICLE III, General Provisions

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ARTICLE III, General Provisions

§ 85-20. Number of animals restricted

A. Not more than five dogs or cats combined, six months of age and older, shall be kept, harbored or maintained on any premises, regardless of the number of owners. The total number of animals shall not exceed five.

B. Under control:

(1) When in a public area or in a public park, anyplace other than on the owner's premises, all dogs shall be on a leash no longer than eight feet.

(2) The fact that a dog is at large elsewhere than on the premises of the owner shall be presumptive evidence that the dog has been permitted to be at large with the knowledge of the owner or person having custody and control of the dog. The owner is then held liable for any biting or mauling that may arise from the dog being at large.

§ 85-21. Animals in vehicles

A. An animal may not be placed or confined, or allowed to remain in an unattended vehicle without sufficient ventilation or under conditions or for such a period of time as may be expected to endanger the health or well-being of such animal due to heat, lack of water, or such other circumstances as may be expected to cause suffering, debility or death.

B. An officer or Animal Control Officer who finds an animal in a vehicle in violation of this section may enter the vehicle by using the amount of force reasonably necessary to remove the animal.

C. No person shall transport or carry on any public highway, roadway, or thoroughfare any dog or cat or other animal in a vehicle unless the animal is safely enclosed within the vehicle or, if traveling in the bed of any open vehicle (including but not limited to convertibles, pickup and flatbed trucks without a topper), is confined by a secured, well-ventilated container of proper size or properly tethered to prevent the animal from falling or jumping from the vehicle.

D. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the transportation of horses, cattle, sheep, poultry or other agricultural livestock in trailers or other vehicles designed and constructed for such purposes.

§ 85-22. Restricted animals; exceptions; reporting bites or scratches

A. The following genus/species of animals are hereby declared to be restricted:

(1) Ferrets.

(2) Iguana, lizards of the order of Chamaeleontidae, and lizards of the genus Aranus but excluding the species komodoensis, salvadoril, salvator, nilioticus, albigularis, and indicus.

(3) Vietnamese potbellied pigs.

(4) Ostriches, emus, rheas and peafowls.

(5) Artiodactyla and Camelidae, including camels, aipacas, llamas and vicuna.

(6) Sugar gliders.

(7) Other small livestock-type animals.

B. Exceptions. Other animals which are neither exotic animals or such animals as specified in this section, such as mice (domestic), rats (domestic), king snakes, guinea pigs, turtles, tropical fish, canaries, or birds of the psittacine family, and other similar animals commonly kept as household pets, may be kept upon any lot in any district where the principal use upon such lot is a residential use, so long as such animals do not constitute a nuisance and are afforded food, care and sanitary facilities.

C. Reporting any bites or scratches.

(1) Any person having charge, control, custody or possession of any nondomesticated animal, bird, or reptile which bites, scratches or injures any person or domestic animal shall immediately, after becoming aware of such fact, notify the Police Department.

(2) Notification shall include the date, time and place of the incident, a description of the animal, bird or reptile and any domesticated animal involved, and the name and address of any person who was a victim of the incident.

D. Other domestic pets. Not more than four adult rabbits shall be kept on any premises in the village limits.

§ 85-23. Prohibited animals

The following genus/species of animals are hereby declared to be prohibited:

A. Canidae within the order Carnivore (e.g., wolves, wolf-dog hybrids which are at least 60% wolf, coyotes, coyote-dog hybrids which are at least 60% coyote, foxes, jackals), but excluding Canis familiars, the domestic dog.

B. Felidae within the order Carnivore (e.g., lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards, lynx, ocelots, bobcats, jungle cats, serval cat), but excluding Felis domestica, the domestic cat.

C. Procyonidae within the order Carnivore (e.g., coatis, pandas, raccoons, procynonids).

D. Ursidae of the order Carnivore (e.g., black bears, brown bears, grizzly bears, polar bears).

E. Chiroptera (e.g., bats).

F. Cetacea (e.g., whales, dolphins, porpoises).

G. Pinnipedia (e.g., seals, sea lions, walrus).

H. Sirenia (e.g., sea cows, manatees).

I. Primates, including all families [e.g., Cebidae, Cercopithecidae, Callithericedae, Lemuridae, Lorisdae, Tarslidae, Colobinea, Hylobetidae, Pongidae (e.g., monkeys, baboons, marmosets, tamarins, capuchin, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, apes)].

J. Formicidae within the order Hymenoptera (e.g., fire ants).

K. Apidae; specifically Africanized strains of the Apis Mellifera honeybee.

L. Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Tubulldentata (e.g., elephants, hyraxas, aardvarks).

M. Edentata, Pholidota (e.g., anteaters, sloths, armadillos).

N. Marsupialis (e.g., kangaroos, wallabies, koala), except sugar gliders.

O. Crocodylidae of the order Squamata (e.g., crocodiles, alligators, calmans, gavials).

P. Helodermatidae of the order Squamata (e.g., gila monsters, beeded lizards).

Q. Lizards of the species kornodoenis, salvadon, salvator, niloticus, albigularis and indicus.

R. Crotalidae, Viperidae, Elapidae,

Opiathoglyphouse Colubridae, and all other orders which include poisonous or venomous reptiles (e.g., rattlesnakes, vipers, corals, copperheads, cottonmouths, moccasins, sea snakes, puff adders, Malagasy hognoses).

S. Eunectes of the order Squamata (e.g., green anaconda).

T. Python sebae, Python reticulates, Python molous, Morelia amethystine of the order Squamata.

U. Venomous spiders of the families Teridiiae and Loxoscelldae respectively, and scorpions of the order Scorpiones, excluding Pandinus imperator (emperor scorpion).

V. All wild animals indigenous to the State of New York.

§ 85-24. Conflict with other laws

In any case where a provision of this article is found to be in conflict with or inconsistent with a provision of any other ordinance or local law which establishes a lower standard of the promotion and protection of the safety, health and welfare of its inhabitants, the provision of this article shall prevail, and such other law or parts thereof are hereby declared to be repealed to the extent that they may be so found to be in conflict with this article.