[Adopted 2-21-2006 by Ord. No. 3-2006]
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 Edgewater Park, 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. 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 the Township of Edgewater Park any wildlife,
excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos,
parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental
education centers) and excluding any park designated as a passive
park.
A.
This article shall be enforced by the Police Department, Property
Maintenance Department, Public Works Department, local Board of Health
and/or other municipal officials of the Township of Edgewater Park.
B.
Any person found to be in violation of this article shall be ordered
to cease the feeding immediately.
