TOWN OF RIVERHEAD

NOTICE OF ADOPTION


PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead adopted a local law amending Chapter 58 entitled “Dogs”, of the Riverhead Town Code at its meeting held on August 7, 2012.  Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead as follows:

CHAPTER 58

DOGS


§ 58-2.  License, collar and tag requirements.


B.  Exemptions.


(2) No license fees is are required for a “service dog,” “therapy dog,” “working search dog,” or “detention dog” as those terms are defined in Article 7 of the Agriculture and Markets Law, or successor law. The person owning, possessing or harboring such a dog bears the burden of demonstrating by clear and convincing evidence and to the satisfaction of the Town Clerk that the dog is a “service dog” or “therapy dog” or “working search dog” or “detection dog” and exempt from licensing fees.

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Dated:  Riverhead, New York

August 7, 2012



BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD

OF THE TOWN OF RIVERHEAD


DIANE M. WILHELM, TOWN CLERK

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