[Adopted 4-24-07 as Ord. No. 2007-18]
[Amended 11-24-15 by Ord. No. 2015-49]
The purpose of this Article is to prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife on any property owned or operated by the Town of Secaucus, or on any other property so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, unless specifically part of a Town animal control program or plan, 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.
FEED
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.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
WILD ANIMALS
Any animal, which is normally not domesticated in this state, including but not limited to, deer, feral cats, foxes, groundhogs, opossums, raccoons, skunks and waterfowl, and any domesticated and/or unlicensed animal, including but not limited to, stray cats and dogs.
[Added 6-23-15 by Ord. No. 2015-27]
WILDLIFE
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
[Amended 6-23-15 by Ord. No. 2015-27]
A. 
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Town of Secaucus, any wildlife or wild animals, 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 program).
B. 
No person shall purposely or knowingly leave or store any refuse, garbage, food product, pet food, forage product or supplement, fruit or grain in a manner that would constitute an attractant to any wildlife or wild animal.
A. 
This Article shall be enforced by the Town of Secaucus Police Department, Animal Control Officers and the Board of Health, or their designee(s).
[Amended 11-24-15 by Ord. No. 2015-49]
B. 
Any person found to be in violation of this Article shall be ordered to cease the feeding immediately.
[Amended 6-23-15 by Ord. No. 2015-27]
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this Article shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $2,000