Township of Lower, NJ
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2023-10-02
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 166 Animals
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Article III Wildlife Feeding
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[Adopted 5-18-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-11[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. III,
Wildlife Feeding, adopted 10-2-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-18.
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 Township of Lower, and on all private property located within
the Township of Lower, 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, including
but not limited to coyotes, feral cats, deer, raccoons, opossums,
skunks, and carnivorous scavenger birds such as turkey vultures and
black buzzards.
A.
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property
owned or operated by the Township of Lower, or on any private property
located within the Township of Lower, any wildlife, excluding confined
wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or rehabilitation
centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education centers,
or feral cats as part of an approved trap-neuter-release program).
B.
Nothing contained herein shall prohibit persons from feeding birds,
with the exception of carnivorous scavenger birds such as turkey vultures
and black buzzards, on their private property using bird feeders filled
with birdseed.
A.
This article shall be enforced by the Lower Township Police Department
and/or any other municipal officials authorized by law to enforce
the ordinances of the Township of Lower.
B.
Any person found to be in violation of the provisions of this article
shall be ordered to immediately cease and desist the feeding of wildlife.
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this article shall be subject to a maximum penalty, upon conviction,
of a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding
90 days, or both (N.J.S.A. 40:49-5).
