[Adopted 7-5-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-15]
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 Borough of Chester, 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.
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 Borough of Chester, any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife
(for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers,
or unconfined wildlife at environmental education centers).
