[Adopted 10-5-2005 by Ord. No. 17-05 (Ch.
184 of the 1990 Code)]
The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit the
feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other
property owned or operated by Harding Township, so as to protect public
health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure
to comply.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following
terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings
stated herein unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly
demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words used in
the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always
mandatory and not merely directory.
To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any
edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing
wildlife. Feeding does not include baiting in the legal taking of
fish and/or game.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
No person shall feed, in any public park or
on any other property owned or operated by Harding Township, any wildlife,
excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos,
parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental
education centers).
[Amended 11-17-2010 by Ord. No. 15-10]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to the general penalty in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Art. V, Trapping of Foxes and Coyotes,
adopted 12-10-2018 by Ord. No.
25-2018, which immediately followed, expired 12-10-2021
and was subsequently removed from the Code.
