[Adopted 3-2-2023 by Ord. No. O-2-2023]
An article to prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Township of Elk, 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.
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.
WILDLIFE
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 Elk, any wildlife, 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 trap-neuter-release program).
A. 
This article shall be enforced by the Elk Township Police Department, Elk Township Public Works Department and/or Elk Township Code Enforcement Official.
B. 
Any person found to be in violation of this article shall be ordered to cease the feeding immediately.
Any person who shall violate any of the terms or provisions of this article or shall commit or do any act or thing prohibited by the terms of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,250, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Offenses on separate days shall be deemed to be separate offenses, so that a continued violation from day to day shall be construed to be a new violation for each day such violation occurs.