HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL-1991 #23 LOCAL LAW NO. 23 1991
A Local Law in Relation to Impoundment of Dogs
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as fellows:
I. Chapter 38 (Dogs) of the Code of?the Town of Southold is hereby
amended as follows:
Section 38-7 (Confinement; redemption; disposition) is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Any dog impounded under the provisions of this Article shall be
confined in accordance with the provisions of the Agriculture
and Markets Law of the State of New York and may be redeemed
by the owner or harborer thereof upon payment to the Town
Clerk or Dog Control Officer of the sums set forth below:
(a) Ten dollars for the first impoundment of any doq
owned by that person;
(bi
twenty dollars for the first twenty-four hours or part
thereof and five dollars for each additional
twenty-four hours or part thereof for the second
impoundment, within one year of the first
impoundment, of any doq owned by that person; or
thirty dollars for the first twenty-four hours or part
thereof and five dollars for each additional
twenty-four hours or part thereof for the third and
subsequent impoundments, within one year of the first
impoundment, of any doq owned by that person,
~rt ~:he A~j~i~-~H~re and-~ Eaw~. Any dog not so
redeemed shall, at the option of th~ Dog Control Officer. be
made available for adoption or be destroyed or given to a
recognized society for the care and welfare of dogs. All
proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of the
Agriculture and Markets Law of the State of New York, The fee
for the adoption of a dog shall be in such amount as may be,
from time to time. established by Town Board resolution. The
Dog Control Officer may. as a condition to an adoption, require
that the dog shall be spayed or neutered within one (1) year
after such adoption and may require a deposit of twenty dollars
1520. ) to assure that such dog is spayed or neutered within
such time.
II. This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary
of State.
* Overstrike represents deletion(s)
** Underscore represents addition(s)
RYS DEPARTHENT OF STATE
BUREAU OF STATE RECORDS
162 Washfngton Avenue
AEbany, NY 12231-0001
DATE:
9/5/91
SEP 1 3 1991
Sou~ofd T~
Local Law Acknowledgment
JUDITH T TERRY
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
TOWN HALL
53095 MAIN ROAD
SOUTHOLD NY 11971
DOS-236 (Rev. 6/90)
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_1
Town of S~athold
~ YEAR
_ 22 & 23 t 1991
The above-referenced material was received
and filed by this office as indicated.
Additional local law filing forms will be
forwarded Upon request.
Law Filin
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
162 WASHINGTON AVENUE, ALBANY, qY 12231
(Use this form to file a local law with the Secretary of State.)
Text of law should be given as amended. Do not include matter being eliminated and do not
use italics or underlining to indicate new matter.
Town
Southold
Local Law No .................. .2...3. .............................. Of the year 199..1. .....
(Insert Title)
Town Board
Be it enacted by the ............................................................................ of the
(Name of Legislative Body)
Town
Southold
of ..... ' ................................................................................... as follows:
Chapter 38 [Dogs) of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby
amended as follows:
Section 38-7 I Confinement; redemption; disposition) is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Any dog impounded under the provisions of this Article shall be
confined in accordance with the provisions of the Agriculture
and Markets Law of the State of New York and may be redeemed
by the owner or harborer, thereof upon payment to the Town
Clerk or Dog Control Officer of the sums set forth below:
(a) Ten dollars for the first impoundment of any dog
owned by that person;
lb)
twenty .dollars for the first twenty-four hours or part
thereof and five dollars for each additional
twenty-four hours or part thereof for the second
impoundment, within one year of the first
impoundment, of any dog owned by that person; or
(c)
thirty dollars for the fi~'st twenty-four hoUr~ or part
thereof and five dollars for' each additional
twenty-four hours or part thereof for the third and
subsequent impoundments, within one year of the first
impoundment, of any dog owned by that person.
Any dog not so redeemed shall, at the option of the Dog Control
Officer, be made available for adoption or be destroyed or given
to a recognized society for the care and welfare of dogs. All
proceedings shall be in accordance with the provisions of the
Agriculture and Markets Law of the State of New York.
(If additional space is needed, attach pages the same size as this sheet, and number each.)
(1)
DOS-239 (rev. 7/90)
II.
Tl~e fee t~or the adoption of a dog shall be in such amount as
may be. from time to time. established by Town Board
resolution~ The Dog Control Officer may. as a condition to an
adoption, require that the dog shall be spayed or neutered
within one I1) year after such adoption and may require a
deposit of twenty dollars ($20.) to assure that such dog is
spayed or neutered within such time.
This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary
of State.
(Complete the certification in the paragraph that applies to the filing of this local law and
strike out that which is not applicable.)
1. (Final adoption by local legislative body only.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed.hereto, designated as local law N'o. 23 of 19 91
of the (~oa~x~)(~k_~)(Town)(~i/rl~) of Southold was duly passed by the
Town Board on Au.qust 27, 19 91, in accordance with the applicable provisions of law,
(Name of Legislative'Body) ;
2. (Passage by local legislative body with approval, no disapproval or repassage after disapproval
by the Elective Chief Executive Officer*.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No.
of the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of
on 19
(Name of Legislative Body)
disapproval) by the and was deemed duly adopted on
(Elective Chief Executive Officer~)
in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
of 19
was duly passed by the
, and was (approved)(not disapproved)(repassed after
19
3. (Final adoption by referendum.)
I hereby certify that the locil law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 19
of the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of was duly passed by the
on 19 , and was (approved)(not disapproved)(repassed after
(Name of Legislative Body)
disapproval) by the on 19 Such local law was
(Elective Chief Executive Offic~~)
submitted to the people by reason of a (mandatory)(permissive) referendum, and received the affirmative
vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon at the (general)(special)(annuaI) election held on
19 , in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
4. (Subject to permissive referendum and final~ adoption because no valid petition was filed requestiug
referndum.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 19
of the (County)(City)(Town)(Village) of was duly passed by the
on 19 , and was (approved)(not disapproved)(repassed after
(Name of Legislative Body)
disapproval) by the on 19 Such local law was subject to
(Elective Chief Executive Officer*)
permissive referendum and no valid petition requesting such referendum ~vas filed as of 19 ,
in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
*Elective Chief Executive Officer means or includes tile chief executive officer of a county elected on a
county-wide basis or, if there be none, tile 'chairman of the county legislative body, the mayor of a city
or village, or the supervisor of a town where such officer is vested with the power to approve or veto local
laws or ordinances.
(2)
(City local law concerning Charter revision proposed by petition.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 19
of the City of having been submitted to referendum pursuant to
the provisions of section (36)(37) of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote
of a majority of the qualified electors of such city voting thereon at the (special)(generaI) election held on
19 , became operative.
6. (County local law concerning adoption of Charter.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 19
of the County of , State of New York, having been submitted to
the electors at the General Election of November 19 , pursuant to subdivisions 5 and 7 of
section 33 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the
~ualified electors of the cities of said county as a unit and of a majority of the qualified electors of the towns
f said county considered as a unit voting at said general election, became operative.
(If any other authorized form of final adoption has been followed, please provide an appropritate certification.)
I further certify that I have compared the preceding local law with the original on file in this office and that
the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of such original local law, and was finally adopted
in the manner indicated in paragraph 1 ., above.
(Seal)
Clerk of th~County le~slative body, City, Town or ~age er
or officer designated by local legilsative b6Hy
Judith T. Terry, Town CLerk
Date: August 28, 1991
:(Certification to be executed by County Attorney, Corporation Counsel, Town Attorney, Village Attorney or
other authorized Attorney of locality.)
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing local law contains the correct text and that all proper
proceedings have been had or taken for the enactment of the local la~/annexed hereto.
,
Matthew G. Kiernan, Assistant Town Attorney
Title
To~vn
of $outhold
Date: August 28, 1991
(3)
PUBLIC HEARING
SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
August 27, 1991
8:02 P.M.
IN THE MATTER OF A PROPOSED "LOCAL LAW IN RELATION TO IMPOUNDMENT
OF DOGS".
Present:
Absent:
Supervisor Scott L. Harris
Councilman George L. Penny IV
Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva
Councilwoman Ellen M. Latson
Town Clerk Judith T. Terry
Assistant Town Attorney Matthew G. Kiernan
Justice Raymond W. Edwards
Councilman Thomas H. Wickham (out of town)
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: The second Local Law of the evening, a "Local Law in
Relation to Impoundment of Dogs", and Councilman Penny will read the verification
and publication.
COUNCILMAN PENNY: "Public Notice is hereby given that there has been presented
to the Town Board of the Town fo Southold, suffolk County, New York, on the
13th day of August, a Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in Relation to Impoundment
of Dogs". Notice is further given that the Town Board of the Town of Southold
will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall,
Main Road, Southold, New York, on the 27th day of August, 1991, at 8:02 P.M.,
at which time all interested persons will be heard. This proposed "Local Law in
Relation to Impoundment of Dogs" reads as follows:
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
I. Chapter 38 (Dogs) of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended
as follows:
1. Section 38-7 (Confinement; redemption;disposition) is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Any dog impounded under the provisions of this Article shall be
confined in accordance with the provisions of the Agriculture and
Markets Law of the State of New York and may be redeemed by the
owner or harborer thereof upon payment to the Town Clerk or Dog
Control Officer of the sums set forth below:
(a) Ten dollars for the first impoundment of any do9 owned by
that person;
(b) twenty dollars for the first twenty-four hours or part thereof
and five dollars for each additional twenty-four hours or part
thereof for the second impoundment, with one year of the
first impoundment, of any do9 Qwned by that persons; or
Pg 2 - PH LL Dog Impol.ndment
(c) thirty dollars for the first twenty-four hours or part thereof
and five dollars for each additional twenty-four hours or part
thereof for the third and subsequent impoundments, within one
year of the first impoundment, of any doc, I owned by that
person.
if~-t-Me-A~ji~iet~t-Ltre-aneI-Mi~i'4~et-s--L-aw: Any dog not so redeemed shall,
at the option of the Dog Control Officer, be made available for
adoption or be destroyed or given to a recognized society for the
care and welfare of dogs. All proceedings shall be in accordance
with the provisions of the Agriculture and Markets Law of the State
of New York. The fee for the adoption of a dog shall be in such
amount as may be, from time to time, established by Town Board
resolution. The Dog Control Officer may, as a condition to an
adoption, require that the dog shall be spayed or neutered within
one (1) year after such adoption may require a deposit of
twenty dollars ($20.) to assure that such dog is spayed or neutered
within such time.
II. This Local law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary of State.
*Overstrike represents deletion(s)
**Underscore represents addition(s)
Copies of this Local Law are available in the Office of the Town Clerk to any
interested persons during business hours. Dated: August 13, 1991. Judith T.
Terry, Southold Town Clerk." We have affidavits of publication from The Suffolk
Times, a like affidavit from The Traveler-Watchman, and an affidavit of posting
from the Town Clerk, that this has been posted on the Town Bulletin Board for
the appropriate time. There are no further communications.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: Thank you. Are there members of the audience, that would
like to speak either pro or con with reference to this Local Law? Yes, sir. Come
forward, please, and state your name.
PAUL SZPARA: My name is Paul Szpara. I think that it should be required that
that if they're going to given up for adoption, and cats, to be spayed, period.
That's my opinion. The second thing is how are you going to know if the dog
has been into the pound or not? How are you going to be able to identify a stray,
by a tattoo, or are you going to give it a scan. A vet I know has a method of
putting something On the animal so you can scan it. I mean, how are you going
to know how to do that? How are you going to inforce that? That's my question.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: We could answer this question very simply with records,
however, I'm going to go to something a little bit extraordinary, and l'm going
to let the President of the North Fork Animal Welfare League, Mildred Boyce.
Mildred I'll let you answer this gentleman. It's a rare occasion, that I let a debate
actually take place, or a conservation, but in this case, I think you could answer
it, certainly a little bit better than probably we could at this time.
MILDRED BOYCE: On you first point, all our dogs are spayed or neutered, before
they're offered for adoption, and if somebody does happen to adopt a dog before
they are spayed and neutered we do make arrangements with Kent Animal Shelter
to have the dog spayed or neutered. We just don't let dogs go to reproduct. How
do we know the second time who's dog it is? Was that your question?
PAUL SZPARA: Not who's dog it is, but how do you know it's the same dog?
MILDRED BOYCE: First of all, visually, you recognize the dog. Secondly, if
this is the second time around we have the person's name, and address from the
the first time the dog came.
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PAUL SZPARA: The reason I'm bringing this up is because I owned dogs.
own a couple of show dogs. There no way to discern. One got out one time,
and I got charged for one amount, and my other dog, which looks exactly like
the other one, got out, and then I was hit with another charge for the second
dog.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: Paul, I can answer that. The tags, that are on the
dog, whether it happens to be the rabies vaccine tag, which identifies the dog,
and it's name through Dr. Zitek, and the North Fork Animal Hospital, or the other
tag that is issued by the Town Clerk Office, which registers your dog. Both of
those identify that individual dog, even if they both looked alike, their collars
and so on, had those tags on them.
PAUL SZPARA: I don't have any animals anymore, but the reason they even got
off was because their collars were broken. The snapped their collars, or something
like that. They're not coming in with a collar. I would hope nobody would have
their dog running around free anyway. I mean, I have a few in my garbage all
the time.
MILDRED BOYCE: I think it's rather exceptional. There usually isn't that kind
of confusion. I think possibly with purebred dogs the info test being identification
that's injected into the neck, or the shoulder, and then read with a scanner. It
might have a very valuable use.
PAUL SZPARA: I've had dogs tattooed. It a guard dog, and such. Rotweillers
so I had them tattood on the side, but they never looked at the dog on the side.
I don't blame them either, actually.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: Paul, I want to thank you for bringing that to our atten-
tion, and we'll take that into consideration. This came about, by the way, this
change in Local Law came about, due to the officers of the North Fork Animal Welfare
League, and we negotiated a new contract with them. It was brought to our atten-
tion that various discrepancies existed in the Code, because it was sort of antiquated,
and they asked us to bring it up to date, so we have done that with this enactment
of this Local Law tonight, if the Town Board so pleases after hearing the public
on this. Thank you very much.
MILDRED BOYCE: I think people have to realize, too, that the first time the dog
is redeemed there is a ten dollars fee, and there's is no perdiem fee. That only
starts to take effect the second time around. We should hope that they wouldn't
have to redemm a dog more than once, and hopefully, even if the second time does
come around that people will pick up their dogs within twenty-four hours, and
not have to pay.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: Yes sir, did you want to come up and say something?
Come up and state your name, please.
PETE WEYMOUTH: Pete Weymouth. Taxpayer of Southold Town. I was distressed
to read in Suffolk Life last year about the amendment to dogs, which you discussed
here, and they mentioned the word euthanasia. The Animal League was set up
many, many years ago, in 1980, as a protective agency for animals, dogs, be they
are abandoned, mistreated, or lost, and I don't think it was the intention of the
founders to get involved in euthanasia of dogs. My first question is, is the
installation up on Peconic Lane, a pound or a shelter?
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SUPERVISOR HARRIS: Pete, there's many names for it. We call it the shelter,
North Fork Animal League, we call it the dog shelter, because under the Depart-
ment of Agriculture the monies that are paid for the shelter by taxpayers for this
contract, are used for dogs.
PETE WEYMOUTH: People do not like the word Dog Pound. Riverhead has one.
Brookhaven has one. The dogs go down after five days. If the dog is not
identified you can put the dog down after five days. That can cause friction in
the Animal League, but to resolve so that we know where we stand. Other members
are very concerned, what we going to have is either a dog pound, or a dog shelter.
If it's a dog pound, then we have to go according to the laws of the State. If
it's a shelter, as long as we have room up there, and can take in dogs, I don~t
think we have to put them down.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: I'd be glad to address that at a future time with you.
Under this public hearing, unfortunately, we're only referring to only speak on
the Local Law that we're going to be amending at this time.
PETE WEYMOUTH: Really, people should know whether it is a dog pound, or dog
shelter.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: We refer to it as a shelter. There are many people, that
call it a pound, but as a collectivism I can't justify what a newspaper has printed,
but I think the Town Board certainly knows that's it's a shelter, and respects
that.
PETE WEYMOUTH: People refer to it as a dog pound.
COUNCILMAN PENNY: Pete, this is a matter of internal policy for the Animal
Welfare League, and how they want to conduct their operations. We have a contract
with them to pick, and to contain the animals. How the Animal League has worked
over the year is a matter of their internal policy, and it's not for us to make the
determination of how..we've never determined how long they're going to keep the
dog, and what the final dispostion of the dog is going to be. That's always been
a matter that the Board of the North Fork Animal Welfare League has dealt with.
PETE WEYMOUTH: In the new contract, I think you use the words pound and
shelter together, and I think it should be decided if it's going to be a dog pound
or a dog shelter.
COUNCILMAN PENNY: I think you should take it up with your Board, with the
Board of the Animal Welfare League. This is a public hearing on a Local Law,
not on whether or not we're going to call it a pound or a shelter. As a Town
Board we had a contract with the Animal Welfare League. What they want to call
it is up to them.
PETE WEYMOUTH: I mean, if you've gota contract, actually the contract should
be clear in there. You can't use two words. (tape change.)
ASSISTANT TOWN ATTORNEY KIERNAN: Mr. Weymouth, we appreciate your
comments, and we certainly take them under advisement the next time the contract
comes up. To the layman the words are probably interchangable, but they may
have some technical meaning, that you're just making us aware of now. We certainly
appreciate that.
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PETE WEYMOUTH: I've had more people questioning me, is it a pound or a
shelter?
COUNCILMAN PENNY: Why don't you take it up with the Board of the Animal
Welfare League, and I'm sure that they can make that distinction for you. The
Town does not set the standards for whether they're going to operate it under
what you call either a pound or a shelter. It's their option, and you should be
discussing that with the Board of the Animal Welfare League. We give them a
contract to operate either a pound or a shelter at their discretion.
PETE WEYMOUTH: Which would you rather have?
COUNCILMAN PENNY: It's not our option. By law we have to have certain things
tJnder the Ag and Markets Law, we have to provide at the very minimum the dog
pound. Now if they want to conduct it as a shelter, that's probably why both
words are in there, it gives the option to the Animal Welfare League on how they
want to conduct their affairs, and this is an internal matter within the Board of
Directors of the Animal Welfare League to make that determination, not the Town
Board under these conditions.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: What we do, Pete, we have a contract with a not-for-profit
agency, as you know, called the North Fork Animal Welfare League, where the
Town funds the League, and the League then runs the shelter, that is the distinc-
tion. The Town does not run the shelter. The League runs the shelter, and
because the taxpayers of this town help to offset the cost of running the League~s
budget, we are in a postion where the Shelter, the League itself can call it a
shelter, rather than a pound. Also, if I may ask while you're at the microphone
could you give us a comment, do you have a comment on the Local Law with the
change that we're doing to it, with first, second and third time that a dog is
brought in?
PETE WEYMOUTH: I have a copy of the marketing law, which you are using the
same figures on. It's right in here, but I think the only thing I would say about
the new rates is that you're going to get people not redeeming their dogs, because
the economy is not good in the town, and why come out and pay money for a dog
when you can get another dog?
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: Hopefully, one's pet is more than just a pet, it's part of
the family, and they will redeem their family, and not let it stay.
ASSISTANT TOWN ATTORNEY KIERNAN: Mr. Weymouth, we're not changing
the sums at all. In fact, as you noted, the sums are the same as contained in
the Ag and Markets Law, we just spelled them out specifically in the Town law.
The previous Town law said the sums for redemption will be the same as the Ag
and Markets Law. We haven't changed the fees at all. We've not increased.
PETE WEYMOUTH: I'm just afraid people will not be redeeming their dogs.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: Pete, I think what the Town Attorney is saying is that
the fees are not changing, is that we have interjected, or injected it into the Code
with specific sums, that were identical before. It's just that it refers to a State
law, and people were not familar with the State law, and what they were, and now
what we've done is spelled the State law out in our Town Code, so we haven't
changed it at all. We've just actually clarified it. Thank you for your concern.
I know, Pete, that you're one of the hard workers at the League, and I know
everybody appreciates you efforts.
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PETE WEYMOUTH: I don't want to be what you call a trouble maker. You have
to take care of them. That's my obligation. If I'm going to be involved in animals
they're going to get the best of care.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: Obviously we feel the same way.
did you want to come forward to the microphone or not?
you state your name, again?
Thank you. Mildred,
It's your choice. Would
MILDRED BOYCE; Mildred Boyce, President of the North Fork Animal Welfare
League. I just wanted to address the point that Pete made that the fees, perhaps
the owners would not be redeeming their dogs, and they would have to, because
the first time there are no perdiem fees, and first time the dog is redeemed we
will know who the dog belongs to, and if they wouldn't come back, if there would
be a second time that is, then the person would be charged with abandonment.
I'm sure he wouldn't want that.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: That would go through the Justice Court right, Mildred?
MILDRED BOYCE: Yes, and as far as the newspaper article is concerned it had
other inaccuracies in it, and as far as shelter and pound, we do run a shelter.
We don't run a pound. We don't euthanasia dogs. The wording is in the Town
law, and it is in the State Ag and Markets Law, and it's been there for years and
years, and I know some people did get up in arms, and I did receive some calls
thinking that we were going to become a pound, and euthanasia dogs, etc., and
that isn't true at all. We haven't changed our policy one iota. We still shelter
dogs, and we are sheltering. We'll continue to be a shelter. I mean if it would
ever become a pound, we would get out. I think Pete doesn't have to worry on
that account.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: Thank you.
PETE WEYMOUTH: Can I ask you, we're not charging for the first impoundment?
MILDRED BOYCE: They pay just a ten dollar fee. That has been in effect for
eons. Ten dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars fee has not changed at all.
It's always been ten dollars the first time.
SUPERVISOR HARRIS: This is an example of a newspaper article, and it shows
you the power of the pen, and how it's certainly interpretations of what is
written. Thank you. Are there any other people that would like to speak either
in favor or against this Local Law change? (No response.) If not, 1'11 declare
this public hearing closed.
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(c~ thirty dollars for the fir~;
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third and tubseauent tm-
Cmtrd Officer, be made avail-
able for adoption or be
destroyed or siren to · rec-
ognlzed roclety foF the care and
welfare of dogs. All i~ceadinss
thaH be in acce~dance with the
provisions of the Agriculture
and ~/~km Law of th~ ~ of
New Y~xk. The fee for tbe adoS.
tion of a dos shall be/n such
mnoum as nmy be, frmn I/me to
time, estaHlished by Town
B~d ~.soludmL The Dog Con-
trd Officer may, as ·
within one (I) Year after such
adoption and may requite ·
de~ of twenty dollars ($20.)
to anu~c that such dog is ~q~ayed
H. This Local Law shah take effect
upen its fillns with the Secreta~
of State.
*Overstr~e ~t,,~ents delede~fs~
C~ies ~ds Local Law are
able in the O~ce of the Town Clerk
to any intcreated penms during bust-
DATED: August 13. 1991.
JUD1TH T. TERRY
7140-ITA22
STATE OF NEW Y(,...,)
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COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)
s~ld County, bolng duly worn, ~ys lhal he/she is Prlnclpel
Clerk o! THE SUFFOLK TIMES, a Weekly Newspaper,
published at Mattltuclq In tho Town of Southold, County of
Suffolk end State of New York, end that tho Notice of which
the annexed is a printed copy, has been reguisrf~ puMIshnd in
said Newspaper once each week for weeks
suc~eeslvely, commencing on the ~--- day of
Principal Clerk
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MELAME V. BRORN ~ /L-
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING ON LOCAL LAW
PUBLIC NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN that there has
been presented to the Town
Board of the Town of Southold,
Suffolk County, New York, on
the 13th day of August, a Local
Law entitled, "A Loenl Luw in
Relation to Impoundment of
Dogs:'
NOTICE IS FURTHER
GIVEN that the Town Board of
the Town of Southold will hold
a public hearing on the aforesaid
Local Law at the Southold Town
Hall, Main Road, Southold,
New York, on the 27th day of
August, 1991, at 8:02 P.M., at
which time all interested persons '
will be heard.
This proposed "Local Law in
Relation to Impoundment of
Dogs" reads as follows:
BE IT ENACTED by the Town
Board of the Towu of Sonthold
.as follows:
I. Chapter 38 (Dogs) of the
Code of the Town of Southold
is hereby amended as follows:
1. Section 38-7 (Confinement;
redemption; disposition) is here-
by amended to read as follows:
Any dog impounded under
the provisions of this Article
shall be confined in accordance
with the provisions of the Agri-
culture and Markets Law of the
State of New York and may ha
redeemed by the owner or har-
borer thereof upon payment to
the Town Clerk or Dog Control
officer of the sums set forth
below:
(a) Ten dollars for the first ira-
poundment of any dog owned
by that person;
(b) twenty dollars for the first
twenty-four hours or part there-
.of and five dollars for each addi-
itional twenty-four hours or part
thereof for the second impound-
ment, within one year of the
first impoundment of any dog
owned by that person; or
(c) thirty dollars for the first
twenty-four hours or part there-
of and five dollars for each
additional twenty-four hours or
part thereof for the third and
subsequent impoundments,
within one year of the first
impoundment, of any dog
owned by that person.
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gaw~ Any dog not so redeemed
shall, at the option of the Dog
Control Officer, be made avail-
able for adoption or be des-
troyed or given to a recognized
society for the care and welfare
of dogs. All proceedings shall be
in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Agriculture and
Markets Law of the State of
New York. The fee for the adop-
tion ofa dog shall be in such
amount as may be, from time to
tim*, eatablished by Town Board
~solution. The Dog Control
Officer may, as a condition to
an adoption, require that the
dog shall be spayed or neutered
within one (1) year after such
adoption and may require a de-
posit of twenty dollars ($20.) to
assure that such dog is spayed or
neutered within such time.
II. This Local Law shall take ef-
fect upon its filing with the Sec-
retary of State.
*Overstrike represents dele-
tion(s) .... ~
**Underscore represents addi-
tion(s)
Copies of this Local Law are
available in the Office of the
Town Clerk to any interested
persons during business hours.
DATED: AugUSt 13, 1991.
JUDITH T. TERRY
SOUTHOLD TOWN CLERK
IX, 8/22/91 (77)
COUNTY OF SUFFO~
S'I'A'['[:. OF NEW YORK
Patricia Wood,' being duly sworn, says that she is the
Eclitor, of THE LONG ISLAND TRAVELER-WATCHMAN,
a public newspaper printed at Southold, in Suffolk County;
and lhat tile notice of which the annexed is a printed copy,
has hcen j~ul)lished in said Long Island Traveler. Watchman
once each week for / weeks
successively, commencing on tile ........ ~.~ ...........
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Notary Public
BARBARA A. SCHNEIDER
NOTARY PUBLIC, State of New York
No. 4806846
Qualified in Sulfoik Cot}nty/
Commission Expires