§ 57-3.1. Licensing.

A. 

All dogs in the Town of New Castle must be licensed with the Town Clerk by the age of four months and the owners are required to present a current certificate of rabies at the time of licensing or the renewal of an existing license.

B. 

All dog licenses will be valid for a period of one year and will expire at the end of the month one year from the date of issue.

C. 

Fees for licensing of dogs:

(1) 

The fee for a spayed or neutered dog shall be set by the Town Board in the Master Fee Schedule or by resolution. It shall include a state assessment pursuant to § 110, Subdivision 3, of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, and additional funds for enumeration as provided for by § 110, Subdivision 4(a), of the Agriculture and Markets Law.

(2) 

The fee for an unspayed or unneutered dog shall be set by Town Board in the Master Fee Schedule or by resolution. It shall include a state assessment pursuant to § 110, Subdivision 3, of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, and additional funds for enumeration as provided for by § 110, Subdivision 4(a), of the Agriculture and Markets Law.

(3) 

Enumeration fee. When the Town Board determines the need for a dog enumeration, a fee set by the Town Board in the Master Fee Schedule or by resolution shall be assessed to all dogs found unlicensed or renewed within the Town of New Castle at the time enumeration is conducted.

(4) 

Purebred licenses. The Town of New Castle does not issue purebred or kennel licenses. All dogs will be licensed individually as per the fee system stated above.

(5) 

Service dogs. The Town of New Castle requires licenses for all dogs living or harbored within the Town; however, the Town fee for licensure of all types of services dogs listed in § 110, Subdivision 2, of the Agriculture and Markets Law, including, but not limited to, guide dogs, service dogs, hearing dogs, and detection dogs, is waived.

(6) 

Shelters. The Town of New Castle does not allow the licensing of dogs by a shelter. The shelter, at the time of adoption, must notify the adoptive owners of their responsibility to license any dog who will be living within New Castle with the New Castle Town Clerk within 30 days of adoption. The shelter must provide New Castle with a list of adoptive owners monthly.

(7) 

Seniors. Dogs owned by one or more senior residents, 65 years or older, are exempt from Town licensing fees.

Added 9-26-1978 by L.L. No. 6-1978; amended 10-14-1980 by L.L. No. 16-1980; 3-13-1990 by L.L. No. 14-1990; 12-10-1996 by L.L. No. 10-1996; 12-14-2010 by L.L. No. 13-2010