Purpose.

A. The purpose of this chapter shall be to promote the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the Town of Webster, including the protection and preservation of the property of the Town and its inhabitants and of the peace and good order by adopting and enforcing certain regulations and restrictions on the privileges of the owners of dogs and domestic animals and the rights and privileges of the residents of the Town of Webster and imposing restrictions upon the keeping and running at large of dogs or domestic animals within the Town of Webster.B. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the licensing and identification of dogs, the control and protection of the dog population and the protection of persons, property, domestic animals and deer from dog attack and damage.C.

The Town Board of the Town of Webster accepts, for the purposes of this chapter, the applicability of Article 7 of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law, specifically §§ 108 and 123 thereof, as to "dangerous dog(s)."[Added 5-16-2013 by L.L. No. 1-2013]