§ 57-4. Restrictions.

It shall be unlawful for any owner of or any person harboring a dog to permit or allow such dog, while in the Town of New Castle, to:

A. 

Be off the premises owned or leased by the owner of such dog or on the premises of another person without the express consent of such person, unless it is under the physical control, by a leash not exceeding eight feet in length or otherwise, or the visual and voice control of its owner or a responsible person able to control the dog.

B. 

Engage in habitual loud howling or barking, or to conduct itself in such a manner so as to unreasonably annoy any person other than the owner.

C. 

Cause damage or destruction to property, or commit a nuisance upon the premises of a person other than the owner.

D. 

Chase or otherwise harass any person in such manner as reasonably to cause intimidation or to put such person in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm or injury.

E. 

Habitually chase or bark at motor vehicles.

F. 

Cause, permit, suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park or any other public property, provided that the owner or harborer of a dog that permits that dog to soil, defile, defecate on, or commit any nuisance on shall be responsible to clean up, on an immediate basis, the fecal matter, defilement or other nuisance waste. These restrictions shall likewise apply to any private property unless such person shall have the express written permission of the owner of said property.

Amended 2-26-1985 by L.L. No. 4-1985; 1-25-1994 by L.L. No. 5-1994; 3-26-2019 by L.L. No. 4-2019