§ 17-808 Severability.

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or other portion of this local law is, for any reason, declared unconstitutional or invalid, in whole or in part, by any court of competent jurisdiction such portion shall be deemed severable, and such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this law, which remaining portions shall continue in full force and effect.

§ 17-809 No limitation on additional services.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to limit the department's authority to offer additional services or facilities to facilitate the decline in numbers of unwanted and uncared for animals in New York city.

Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2002/012 and L.L. 2011/059.

§ 17-810 Euthanizing animals; time frame for making such determination.

In determining when a full-service shelter may euthanize a lost, stray or homeless animal held by it, such shelter shall exclude from the calculation of the number of hours that such shelter is required by law to hold such animal before euthanizing such animal those hours when such shelter is not required to accept dogs and cats pursuant to paragraph one of subdivision d of section 17-802 of this chapter. Such calculation of the number of hours shall not take into consideration the full-service shelter required to accept dogs and cats twenty-four hours per day pursuant to subdivision a of section 17-803 of this chapter.

Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2002/012 and L.L. 2011/059.