No person shall, for the purpose of hunting, taking or killing
any fowl or animal, discharge a firearm, gun, rifle or bow and arrow,
or any device likely to cause injuries to human beings, in any part
of this municipality, except the following:
A. Shore area: those islands known as Little Sedge Island, Marshelder
Island, North West Point Island, Middle Sedge Island, Middlesedge
Island (also known as Harbor Island or Jones Island), Wilde's
Island, Mike's Island, Stooling Point Island.
C. West of the Garden State Parkway (also known in part as New Jersey
State Highway No. 9, Parkway Section 21). Those undeveloped areas
of this municipality bounded on the south by Route No. 37 and west
by the north branch of the Toms River, on the north by the dividing
lines between Toms River Township and Jackson Township and Lakewood
Township, and on the east by the Garden State Parkway and that portion
known as Route No. 9, Parkway Section 21.
Nothing hereinabove set forth shall be construed to permit hunting
and gunning in this municipality in violation of any laws of the State
of New Jersey pertaining to fish and game, and more particularly and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no person shall,
for the purpose of hunting, taking or gunning any fowl or animals,
have in his or her possession while within 450 feet of any occupied
dwelling or while within 1,000 feet of a school playground, or shall
any person, for the purpose of hunting, taking or killing any fowl
or animals, discharge any firearm upon or across any state, county
or municipal highway or street in such areas of the municipality where
hunting is not otherwise specifically prohibited.
Any person violating a provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $400 or by imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 30 days, or both, in the
discretion of the Judge of Municipal Court before whom such conviction
is had.