The purpose of this article is to prohibit the
feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other
property owned or operated by the Township of Hillsborough, so as
to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties
for failure to comply.
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings
stated herein unless their use in the text of this article 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.
FEED
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.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
WILDLIFE
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 the Township of Hillsborough,
any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined
in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers or unconfined wildlife at
environmental education centers).
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation
of the provisions of this article shall be subject to, after being
duly notified, imprisonment in the Somerset County Jail or in any
place provided by the Township of the detention of prisoners, for
any term not exceeding 90 days; or by a fine not exceeding $1,250;
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and
phrase of this article is declared to be an independent section, subsection,
sentence, clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such
portion of this article to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective
for any cause or reason shall not affect any other portion of this
article.
This article shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption and any publication as may be required
by law.