[Adopted 4-11-2005 by Ord. No. 112-2005]
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 Township of River Vale, so as to protect
public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for
failure to comply with said ordinance.
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.
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.
A.
No person
shall feed, in any public park or on any other property owned or operated
by Township of River Vale, any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife.
B.
No person shall purposefully or knowingly, as said terms are defined
in Title C of the New Jersey Revised Statutes, feed wild white-tailed
deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) or any other wildlife in the Township
of River Vale on lands either publically or privately owned.
[Added 3-26-2018 by Ord. No. 334-2018]
[Amended 3-26-2018 by Ord. No. 334-2018]
Any person who continues to be in violation of the provisions
of this article, after being duly notified, shall be subject to a
fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each offense. A
separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day or part of
each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
