[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Holland 7-1-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-7. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
- MIGRATORY WATERFOWL
- Those nondomesticated species of birds commonly known as "swans," "geese," "brant," "river and sea ducks" and any other waterfowl otherwise defined under New Jersey or federal law as migratory waterfowl.
- TOWNSHIP
- The Township of Holland, in the County of Hunterdon, New Jersey.
No person or persons shall feed, cause to be
fed or provide for food migratory waterfowl in this Township, on lands
either publicly or privately owned.
The provisions of § 176-2 shall not be construed to apply to any migratory waterfowl which are domesticated and are fed by the owner of such domesticated waterfowl or any person designated by the owner on property owned or possessed by such owner. Also, the provisions of § 176-2 shall not be construed to prohibit human acts toward migratory waterfowl in individual cases, such as the temporary nurturing of a wounded bird on one's own premises.
Any person violating the provisions of this
chapter shall be subject, upon conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding
$100.
