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 Town of Phillipsburg, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
[Adopted 10-18-2005 by Ord. No. O:2005-39]
A. 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.
B.
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.
[Amended 3-26-2025 by Ord. No. O:2025-04]
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Town of Phillipsburg, any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education centers) and feral cats as part of an approved Trap-Neuter-Release program.