[Ord. No. 462-02 § 2]
a.
Ducks and geese have been encouraged to halt their normal migration and to establish a permanent presence in the Cape Island area due primarily to the feeding of the water fowl by Cape May Point residents and visitors. Growing populations of water fowl have resulted in large amounts of additional water fowl droppings that potentially can spread disease. Other problems caused by the droppings are excess nutrients in Lake Lilly and its surroundings, that in turn, cause algae blooms (which propagates eutropolcation, choking off the lake's oxygen supply) damage to lawns, soiling of roadways and sidewalks and foot traffic carry the droppings into the houses.
b.
The State of New Jersey has contributed considerable funding for the restoration of Lake Lily and it is the Borough's responsibility to minimize the attraction of these birds by restricting their feeding and other acts that encourage the ducks and geese to halt their migrations and to stay in Cape May Point.