[Adopted 4-17-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-2867 (Ch. 233, Art. VI, of the 1996
Township Code)]
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 Middletown, 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.
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.
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 Township of Middletown, the County of Monmouth,
the State of New Jersey or the United States Government, 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).
