[Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Montclair 4-15-1980 by Ord. No. 80-12 as Art. III of Ch. 76 of the 1979 Code]
No person shall take or attempt to take animals of any type, including birds or fowl, by means of a steel or other trap, or set a steel or other trap for any animal, including birds or fowl, in or upon any property within the Township of Montclair, public or private, without first having obtained the written permission of the owner or occupant of said premises; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall prohibit the owner or occupant from trapping or setting any such traps on premises owned or occupied by such owner or occupant.
[Amended 5-23-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19; 4-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-17]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment in the county/municipal jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof as determined by the Municipal Court Judge. Each day on which a violation of an ordinance exists shall be considered a separate and distinct violation and shall be subject to imposition of a separate penalty for each day of the violation as the Municipal Court Judge may determine.