The express 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 Township of Washington, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
[Adopted 6-12-2006 by Ord. No. 06-13 (Ch. 179, Art. VII, of the 1985 Code)]
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 Township of Washington, any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education centers).