The purpose of this article is to prohibit the feeding of unconfined
wildlife in the Township of South Hackensack, so as to protect the
health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure
to comply. It has been well established that the feeding of wild animals
is both detrimental to the animals and causes a public health nuisance
and safety hazard that is detrimental to the health and welfare of
the general public.
Any person that shall violate any of the provisions of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, for each offense, pay a penalty
of not less than $250 nor more than $500 for the first offense and
a penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $1,500 for second
and subsequent offenses, or imprisonment or community service for
a period not exceeding 90 days.
Each subsection, sentence, clause and phrase of this article
is declared to be an independent subsection, sentence, clause and
phrase, and the finding or holding of any such portion of this article
to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause or reason,
shall not affect any other portion of this article.