[Added 4-3-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10]
This section is intended to prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife in any public park or municipal property owned or operated by the Borough and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
[Added 4-3-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this Chapter 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.
[Added 4-3-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10]
a. 
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the Borough of Rockleigh, 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).
[Added 4-3-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10]
a. 
This section shall be enforced by the Police Department providing police services to the Borough of Rockleigh or such other municipal officials as may be designated by the Mayor and Council.
b. 
Any person found to be in violation of this section shall be ordered to cease the feeding immediately.
[Added 4-3-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10]
Any person who is convicted of violating any provision of this section shall be subject to such fine and general penalty as set forth in § 1-5, General Penalty, of the Code of the Borough of Rockleigh, within the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge.