[Adopted 4-27-2005 by Ord. No. 7-05]
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 Westville so as to protect public health, safety
and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
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 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.
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property
owned or operated by the Borough of Westville, any wildlife, excluding
confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks,
or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental
education centers).
B.
Any person who is convicted of violating the provisions of this ordinance
within one year of the date of a previous violation of the same ordinance
and who was fined for the previous violation shall be sentenced by
the court to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional
fine imposed by the court for a repeated offense shall not be less
than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine fixed for the violation
of this article, but shall be calculated separately from the fine
imposed for the original violation of this article. The continuation
of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate
offense.