Southampton Village, NY Animal Ordinances: Dog Leash Laws (2026)

Chapter 50, Dogs and Other Animals, was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Southampton 6-28-1955, and § 50-1, Dogs at large restricted; escort required; complaint; notice, was amended 1-23-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001. It contains two rules. The first bars a person owning or harboring a dog from suffering or allowing it to run upon the premises of anyone other than the owner or keeper, unless the owner or occupant of those premises grants permission. The second requires that any dog in a public place or street within the Village, with the ocean beach named expressly, be on a lead or leash and attended by a person of adequate age and discretion properly to control its actions.

Section 50-1 does not set a leash length, a licensing tie-in or an off-leash area. The test is physical restraint plus a competent handler.

Enforcement starts with paper. If written complaint is made to the Village Police Department that a violation has occurred, the owner, keeper or possessor of the offending animal is notified of the provisions of the chapter and that its violation is charged.

Two related rules apply to dog owners. Section 50-3, added 1-23-2001, requires any person attending a dog or other animal in a public place or street, including the ocean beach, to take the action necessary to clean up after the animal when it discharges any substance. Separately, § 86-9 bars any person from taking, carrying or otherwise bringing, keeping or allowing to remain any dog or other animal or pet within the municipal bathing facility and parking area at any time. That facility is the municipal bathing beach sometimes called Cooper's Neck Beach and the parking area used with it, so a leash does not make a dog welcome there.