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 Newton, so as to protect the health, safety and welfare,
and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
The following terms shall have the meanings stated herein for
the purposes of this article:
FEED
To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any
edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing
wildlife. Feeding does not include the baiting in the legal taking
of fish and/or game.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
WILDLIFE
All animals that are neither human or domesticated.
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, Article
III, General Penalty.