This article is designed to prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by Township of Independence or the Recreation Department of Independence operating under its auspices, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply, which regulations are implemented pursuant to the Municipal Stormwater Management regulations.
[Adopted 12-13-2005 by Ord. No. 05-13]
A.
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.
B. FEED PERSON WILDLIFE
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.
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 the Township of Independence, 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 a fine not to exceed $1,000, up to 30 days imprisonment in the county jail, a period of community service of up to 30 days or a combination of the foregoing in the discretion of the Court.